[sdiy] Metric OT rant

[Jeffrey D. McEachin]

At 12:38 AM 8/11/02 -0700, Don Tillman wrote:

>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.

Au contraire! 

There once was a German named Dieter,
whose dick must have measured a meter.
He walked a kilometer 
for a rectal thermometer,
'cos he thought it would make for good theater.

JDM