They cheat!

The French have always kept their old ways. They take on the new but keep the old. Why can't we do that?

They still use the 'pound' for weighing - called la livre, for instance. It comes from the same roots as our word - Libra - which we still abbreviate to an L for the pound sign. Look at the Euro sign and notice how it's almost exactly the same as a pound sign! La livre is used nowadays for half a kilo, roughly the same as an English pound. You see, we're not so different after all. Luv 'em!

Clever how they adopt the new - until you find they've fiddled it and kept the old, too. Bit like the EU - fighting for new laws and standards, and then ignoring them themselves. You have to admire them really.