Metric

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:05:24 +0100


Ron Nossaman wrote:

>>> Oh....you mean HETEROSEXUALS? (I.E. Real Men)
>>
>>
>> Oh gawd...  LOL!!!  I can't stop laughing!!!
>>
>> Oh it hurts...  Oh my.....
>>
>> Peace,
>> Sarah,
>> a one-worlder Yank who is rather fond of metric
>>
>> PS Let's see...  An inch was based on the length of an English king's 
>> thumb. A foot was based on the length of his foot.  Now that 
>> Americans have taken over this archaic system and use it to do battle 
>> over the Internet, I propose we have a new unit corresponding to the 
>> length of the average cyber-weapon, which would of course be 8 
>> inches.  Can any of you Europeans help us out with this one?  How big 
>> was Henry VIII's weapon.  Eight inches also?  Is there already some 
>> metric unit, or can we claim full rights to this one????
>>
>> Sorry....  I really couldn't resist!
>
EIGHT inches ???? ONLY EIGHT ??? you must be refering to some of those 
Real Men Stateside refered to above. Actually.. I've heard that in Texas 
the number is a bit smaller. :)  Could explain a lot.

A.Nun.

>
> Weapon?! It seems we have a basic calibration problem.
>
> Ron N

Not the right calibre eh ?

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