The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #146166   Message #3384914
Posted By: PHJim
02-Aug-12 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Metrication challenge
Subject: RE: Metrication challenge
Paul Caldwell and Brad Halls, a doctor and a lawyer from Cobourg, Ontario who called themselves The New Kids On The Block a few years before the "boy band" of the same name came into existence, recorded this parody on Five Foot Two shortly after Canada converted to the metric system:

She's a centimetre shorter than a metre and a quarter,
And ev'ry millimetre is in perfect working order,
Has anybody seen my gal?
I know I'm only human but I still have the acumen
To know her eyes are flashing 'bout a half a million lumen,
Has anybody seen my gal?
A pair of gorgeous gams on her fifty kilograms
When she twirls her skirts.
My chest just thumps and my heart rate jumps
About a hundred kilohertz!
But Fahrengrade or Centiheit,
She's gonna light my fire tonight,
Has anybody seen my gal?