On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, P. J. Alling wrote:

> Decimal inches seem so rational, and inches are more of a human scale
> than millimeters.

Greeks call the centimeter "the finger" (width thereof). What is the 
inch associated with on humans? A 12th of a largish penis? No, make it 
a tenth.

Actually, don't make it a tenth. The advantage of the old money is 
that 12 is divided by more numbers than 10.

Kostas

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