Re: Objectionable Material for Children

[Julia Thompson]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, dendriite wrote:

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> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Objectionable Material for Children
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> > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
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> > > Motion: This Charlie proposes that everyone should just get on with
> whatever
> > > means of measurement they're most comfortable with...
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > > Who is 6' tall, weighs 90 kgs, and farts in whatever units the beans
> > > were measured in.
> >
> > Uh, the beans would probably be measured in a unit of weight to begin
> > with, and wouldn't farts be more logically measured in terms of volume?
> 
> I thought farts were measured in the number of people run out of a room? <G>

That's better than the Beaufort or Richter scales already suggested, or
the BTU or horsepower.  Unfortunately, it doesn't work well if there
aren't enough people TO run out of the room to begin with.  (Dogs don't
run out of the room for that sort of thing.  They don't seem to mind.)

        Julia