It's amazing what all can be measured with a meter, eh? ;-)
Jim
On Sunday 11 March 2001 0222, Pat Naughtin wrote:
....
> A convenient measure for me is to place the tips of my two longest
> fingers together with my elbows pointing out to either side. My
> elbows are then one metre apart and I can, for example, use them to
> measure whether a piece of furniture will fit into a particular
> space. My wife allows for a space of 100 mm between her fingertips
> when she wants to estimate a distance of one metre.
>
> As a complete digression from the topic, I must tell you an
> associated story about this technique.
>
> Over dinner I explained the convenience of my two cubits equals one
> metre technique for furniture, to an opera singer friend who was
> about to move from one home to another. He was delighted with the
> technique and insisted that we supply him with a rule to measure his
> own cubit; there and then at the dining table.
>
> The following day we were passing a news stand that was adorned with
> magazines that featured young women in various degrees of undress.
> One of them had strategically placed her two hands to cover a portion
> of her generous chest.
>
> 'Ooh look,' said my friend, 'there's a lady measuring a metre!'
....
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