Washington's Dream

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1. 00:01

   Soldier

   I hear the British are sending another 5,000 troops. How will we ever win this war?

2. 00:07
   

   George Washington

   By remembering what we fight for.

3. 00:10

   Soldier

   General Washington.

4. 00:11
   

   George Washington

   Sit, please. You need your strength for the fight ahead. We fight for a country of our own. A new nation where we choose our own laws.

5. 00:22

   Hear, hear, said sir.

6. 00:23
   

   George Washington

   Choose our own leaders.

7. 00:25

   Yes, sir.

8. 00:26
   

   George Washington

   And choose our own systems of weights and measures.

9. 00:35

   Soldier

   Weights and measures, sir?

10. 00:37
    

    George Washington

    Yes. Yes, I dream of that one day. Our proud nation will measure weights in pounds, and that 2,000 pounds shall be called a ton.

11. 00:49

    Soldier

    And what will 1,000 pounds be called, sir?

12. 00:52
    

    George Washington

    Nothing. Because we will have no word for that.

13. 00:58

    Soldier

    Seems like we should have a word for 1,000 pounds, sir.

14. 01:03
    

    George Washington

    And yet we won't. Because we are free men And we will be free to measure liquids In liters and milliliters But not all liquids Only soda, wine, and alcohol

15. 01:18

    Soldier

    Only those, sir

16. 01:19
    

    George Washington

    Yes Because for milk and paint We will use gallons, pints, and quarts God willing

17. 01:25

    Soldier

    How many liters are in a gallon, sir?

18. 01:29
    

    George Washington

    Nobody knows

19. 01:36

    Soldier

    Sir In this new country What plans are there for men of color such as I?

20. 01:43
    

    George Washington

    Distance will be measured in inches, feet, yard, and mile.

21. 01:48

    Soldier

    So 12 inches to a foot?

22. 01:50

    Soldier

    Uh, 12 feet to a yard.

23. 01:53
    

    George Washington

    If it were only so simple. Three feet to a yard.

24. 01:57

    Soldier

    And, uh, how many yards to a mile?

25. 02:00
    

    George Washington

    Nobody knows.

26. 02:03

    Soldier

    Okay, well, how many feet to a mile?

27. 02:08
    

    George Washington

    5,280, of course. It's a simple number that everyone will remember

28. 02:17

    Soldier

    Let's confess, it feels a little complicated, sir Why not use meters and kilometers?

29. 02:24
    

    George Washington

    We will, soldier But only in certain unpopular sports like track and swimming For popular sports like football, we will use yards

30. 02:35

    Soldier

    Football, sir?

31. 02:37
    

    George Washington

    Yes It's a sport where you throw a ball with your hands

32. 02:42

    Soldier

    so in football there is no kicking

33. 02:44
    

    George Washington

    there's a little kicking kick the ball to get points

34. 02:56

    Soldier

    how many points sir

35. 02:58
    

    George Washington

    sometimes one and sometimes three

36. 03:00

    Soldier

    very confused sir

37. 03:04
    

    George Washington

    do not worry for our new nation we will have rulers with two sets of numbers inches on one side centimeters on the the other

38. 03:14

    Soldier

    so we can see where they line up

39. 03:16
    

    George Washington

    yes except that they don't line up and they never will liberty son liberty

40. 03:24

    Soldier

    and the slaves sir what of them

41. 03:27
    

    George Washington

    you asked about the temperature

42. 03:29

    Soldier

    i did not

43. 03:40
    

    George Washington

    we should have two different unrelated scales of temperature one of them will make sense to the entire world and the other will be super random our great nation will use the random one

44. 03:52

    Soldier

    what is the scale called sir

45. 03:54
    

    George Washington

    Fahrenheit

46. 03:55

    Soldier

    spelled out for me

47. 03:57
    

    George Washington

    impossible but one day if we are brave we'll get rid of you and a lot of British words like color and armor but by God we will keep the British you in the word glamour

48. 04:10

    Soldier

    only glamour sir

49. 04:13
    

    George Washington

    only glamour that is my dream for our countrymen A melting pot of different measurements that will make Europeans throw little tantrums. In short, a land of liberty.

50. 04:27

    Soldier

    Where all men are free.

51. 04:33

    Soldier

    Men are free, right?