Come on, John, although the quote is real, I posted it just to lighten things up a bit. Just because metrication may be a serious process, that doesn't mean we can have a laugh along the way!
Jim Elwell At 02:25 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, kilopascal wrote: >2002-02-09 > >Well, something must be working right, as the Gorilla is not yet an extinct >species. > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, 2002-02-09 10:54 >Subject: [USMA:18084] The USA **IS** metricating! > > > > When such important information is reported purely in metric, then there >is > > no doubt we are making progress! > > > > From Men's Health, a very-large circulation magazine in the USA (with > > foreign editions), with a somewhat sophomoric but funny slant, March 2002 > > issue, page 70, an article about primate mating: > > > > "Worse, gorilla gals are in the mood for sex only a few days a month, and > > gorilla intercourse is usually brief and probably not overly > > satisfying--after all, a silverback [gorilla's] penis is only 3 >centimeters > > long. Don't make fun." > > > > Jim Elwell > >
