That reminds me of Jerry Colonna's rendition of The Velvet Glove.
At the end of the song, he starts to count the fingers. It would appear that
the owner of the lost velvet glove had a preference for duodecimal.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Karl G. Ruling
> Sent: March 12, 2001 11:29
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:11555] Re: Metric lie
>
>
> At 11:59 3/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >``For the metre came as a bolt from the blue, and its strictly decimal
> >divisions like the sword of Armageddon. The proponents argued that God
> >made us
> >with 10 fingers, but this was a typical metric lie. He made most
> of us with
> >eight fingers, and two thumbs.''
>
>
> My God, he's right!!! I'm going to do all my math in octal from now on.
> One thumb will be for the carry digit, and the other will be for parity.
>
> :-)
>
>
