Thanks for the idea, Bill.
The Snopes reference is here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp
and it explains quite a lot about this story.
On 2008/10/12, at 4:25 PM, Bill Potts wrote:
Pat:
That seems to be a variant of one that a number of people were
attributing (wrongly) to John Cleese. It would seem to be from
someone mimicking John Cleese's style. If you add Snopes to your
Google search argument, you'll probably get the full run-down on it.
I'm not sure that something like that is going to make any
difference to the acceptance of metrication. I'll be happy, of
course, if it does in fact make a positive difference. However, (1)
I'm not holding my breath, and (2) I'm not sure how we'd measure its
influence.
Bill
Bill Potts
WFP Consulting
Roseville, CA
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