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October 29, 2005

QotD: The Metric System

Please don't assume that we're all brainwashed with that-there limp-wristed French measurement system. (I bet that few of you know that the basic unit of linear measurement in metric — the meter — was originally defined as being 1/10th the diameter of Monsieur Jules Metrique's distended anus after a thorough session of . . . research . . . at the Paris Brothel of Brotherly Science and Technology. Betcha didn't know that.)

Jon Piasecki, 2002-01-18

Posted by Nicholas at October 29, 2005 12:12 AM
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