CONVERSIONS

When I cover metric and English conversions in math class I always use my one experience with a metric scale in China as an example. I tell my students that I got on the scale and it read 68 kg. Together we convert the weight and come up with something like 149.6 lbs. Inevitably, there's one student who will say something like, "you don't weigh no hundred n' fifty pounds."

Why does this information always surprise the dudes?
Do men really think women are made of cotton candy and bubbles?