On 2013-01-26, at 1:59 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:

> I had to look it up of course. Some of it is still funny. Here is Knuth:
> 
> ``According to Knuth, the basis of this new revolutionary system is the 
> potrzebie, which equals the thickness of Mad issue 26, or 
> 2.263348517438173216473 mm. A standardization in terms of the wavelength of 
> the red line of the emission spectrum of Cadmium is also given, which if the 
> 1927 definition of the Angstrom is taken for the value of that wavelength, 
> would equal 2.263347539605392 mm.[1]''

Even one for our resident Professor Emeritus of English Literature… :)

"Whon thot Aprille swithin potrzebie,
"The burgid prillie gives one heebie-jeebie.

- From Mad version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie
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