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
>

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