[sdiy] Metric OT rant

[harry]

Poetry in Metric is no problem

"And when I try to measure my 'peter'...
I find its just a centimeter..."  ;^(

sigh...

H^) harry

Don Tillman wrote:

> I've heard that there are only two countries that have not adopted the
> metric system; the US and... can you guess?... Burma.
>
> And as fine a system of measurement that the metric system is, you're
> going to be hard pressed to find any great song lyrics or poetry that
> refer to metric units.  It's damned difficult; working with either the
> rhyme or the rhythm is an exercise in torture.
>
> Perhaps this is the real reason we haven't changed over.  :-)
>
>   -- Don
>
> --
> Don Tillman
> Palo Alto, California, USA
> don at till.com
> http://www.till.com

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