SPIKE MILLIGAN
The following (paraphrased) excerpt from an old interview with Spike Milligan - I think it was with Harry Secombe and Terry Wogan in 1987 - seems relevant to this discussion.
SM: My father had piles.
TW: You mean hemorrhoids?
SM: No he had them before they went metric.
MJG
Who was responsible for issuing the notice of change from millibars to hectopascals to the RAAF in 1987.