When I write poetry (O.K., doggerel), I take my inspiration from Ogden Nash and Walt Kelly. In this case, it was Ogden Nash, although he would have written it as:
And an inch and a quoughter, see Is harder than it oughter be. He would probably not have used quarter and arter, as the larter (latter) might present problems of pronunciation. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Nat Hager III >Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 13:24 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26362] neater & milliradians > > >>> >And an inch and a quarter, see >Is harder than it oughter be. >>> > >That's ghastly Bill. <g!> > >On another subject, the discussion of radians reminds me of a funny >story from grad school. We had a large traffic circle (roundabout) near >campus, which we used to always give directions for in radians: "Go to >traffic circle, go around three pi over four, and take the exit to >campus." Among physicists it was all very clear, but you can imagine the >expression on non-physicist faces when they heard that one. > >Nat > > > > > > > > > > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Behalf Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >>Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:20 >>To: U.S. Metric Association >>Subject: [USMA:26359] neater by the meter >> >> >>I offer this up for the first pro-metric picketers <grin>: >> >>American measurement is hard by the yard, but it will be neater by the >>meter. >> >>Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >>3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 >>Midland TX 79707-2872 USA >>432-694-6208 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>"There are two cardinal sins, from >>which all the others spring: impatience >>and laziness." >> ---Franz Kafka >> > >
