"The metric system is a thing of beauty. It is, without a doubt, the most perfect measuring system conceived by man. It all works together in such perfect symmetry. It is complex and yet devastatingly simplistic. It is virtually binary with its wonderous design of zeros and ones. One milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weights one gram, requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade which is one percent of its freezing point of zero and its boiling point of a hundred. It has, rightfully, taken over the world with the exception of Burma, Liberia and the United States. But beyond that, it's the official unit of measurement for this assignment and it will not be disrespected."