On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:11:01 +0100, Juan Tootreego <123go@notbxpat.edu> wrote:

> In article <56SdnQqS1bdgGzPVnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Neil
> Barker says...
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>> "ah" wrote in message
>> news:48ae0abb$0$33683$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
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>> > The stone.
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>> 14 lbs! ROTFLMAO!
>
> How much is that in kilos?

Some believe that the world converting to the metric system would greatly simplify our measures. But look what would really happen to our old cliches:

A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometers.
Put your best 0.3 of a meter forward.
Spare the 5.03 meters and spoil the child.
Twenty-eight grams of prevention is worth 453 grams of cure.
Give a man 2.5 centimeters and he'll take 1.6 kilometers.
Peter Piper picked 8.8 liters of pickled peppers.


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