>I recently renewed my SC Driver's License. When asked for my height I >replied, "One point eight three meters". Do you all recall the E.F. >Hutton ads? The place became immediately silent, the clerk stopped >chewing her gum, stared at me, and dropped her jaw so far that the gum >almost fell out. We ascertained that she needed that in feet and she >obviously couldn't convert, so I told her I was 6 ft tall, which she >recorded. When asked about my weight, I said, "I suppose you want that >in pounds?" She agreed, with a look on her face that indicated she >didn't want to ask what the alternative was. You could have told her in stones: "I weigh 12 stone 4 pounds, madam."
