I guess it is time for a stupid post. It’s just another series of thoughts from my twisted mind. I always thought that 12 ounce cans were the same all over the world. They look so standard and you would think that most of the world would just use that same size.
I know that the rest of the world is on the Metric system, but on a typical 12 ounce can, it also has the number of milliliters, 355 to be exact. I’m sure you agree it’s easier to talk about a 12 ounce can than three hundred fifty-five milliliter can, right?
Ok, back to the universality of the 12 ounce can. Oops, there is no universality. The 12 ounce can is confined to the US, the rest of the world uses a 330 ml can. That’s 11 ounces for the metric disabled crowd, but that’s not important.
The important fact is that foreigners get 1 ounce less to drink in their cans of root beer. Ok, 1 ounce doesn’t seem like a lot, but think about it, is 25 ml less! 25 is a big number. I like the metric system.