> From: Dietmar Mueller <[email protected]> > > Dear all, > > in a stroke of ingenuity I have invented a new standard. I call it the > 'lenium'. It is about 117.314 centimeters. > > Yesterday I was shopping, using my new standard. But I had a problem: the > shoes didn't fit because a different standard was used to make them. > > Well, I guess I go back and use the existing standards, because everything > fits so nicely together: the shoe sizes, the gallons of gas, the TV set, > the radio - isn't it amazing how everything works, that uses a standard?
I worked for a boss who would convert velocity to "axe handles per fortnight" as a joke every now and then. Finally in the middle of a design review, the president of the company said in a very serious tone, "I don't know why you guys use this stuff! ..." My boss discontinued the practice and design reviews got very dry after that.
