Actually, that's not a metric joke. It simply exploits the ambiguity of the word "long" in that context, and would work just as well with non-metric units.
The choice of an SI unit is, of course, a good thing. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of David Shatto >Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:55 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:27058] Joke > > >Here's a metric joke I found in my strange travels through the internet. >It's on the website of Sruthilakshmi Pai, a 10 year old girl in India: > >http://www.sruthipai.net/jokes.htm > >Man in bus station: How long will the next bus be? >"About 11 meters, same as all the rest" > >Does anyone know of any other metric jokes or websites with metric jokes >on them? It would be nice to compile jokes like this for a metric site >for kids. > >David Shatto >Los Angeles >
