"The Onion" is one my haunts for satire and I'm fully aware of how to
navigate their site. However, after using several combinations of "metric,"
"system," and "thriving" I couldn't find anything that satirized the metric
system.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Raup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: [USMA:12336] RE: Inner city kids and metric
> I think this article was originally published as satire by The Onion (a
> humorous college "newspaper"), originally available at
> www.theonion.com/onion3703/metric_system_thriving.html -- at least that's
> how Google cached it. However, when I try to go to that URL, I get
> redirected to the main page. BTW, I searched on
> "metric system site:theonion.com".
>
> I do remember seeing the article on their (I think) site, complete with
> photographs of 9 mm pistols and 1 kg bags of cocaine. If you look at
> their site you'll get a feeling for their type of humor.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 2001-04-19 23:26 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
>
> > So, has anyone checked the DOE web site? I just got home from a two-lab
> > day and am about to go to bed. Otherwise I'ld have a go at it. A keyword
> > search on some of the proper names (e.g., Ira whatsis) should do it.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Dennis Brownridge wrote:
> > >
> > > I think this "article" Han found about inner city youths having a
better
> > > feel for metric was tongue in cheek. All the quantities referred to
involve
> > > illegal drugs, guns, violence, etc. (e.g., 7.62 mm = .30 caliber
bullet; 9
> > > mm is a popular gangbangers handgun).
> > ....
> >
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