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I often use improvised rulers when I need
the rough size of something. My foot is
about 13 inches long (in shoes), a sheet
of
A4 paper is about 30cm long, a 10p coin
(UK) is 25mm (1inch) across, etc.
I
just noticed that a small cardboard
carton
happened to have its exact dimensions
printed on the inside of one of its end-
flaps. Why not have the dimensions
printed inconspicuously on many things
(especially packaging and other
ephemera)? You'd never want for a
handy
ruler.
[Edit]
Ruler boxer shorts
http://www.mistertu...k_Lycra_Boxers.html
[rubyminky, Oct 13 2005]
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well, do it in Metric so the I (a USer) can finally learn it. |
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I'm not going to post the obvious joke, something about boxer shorts, but I can't help thinking it. |
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"You want to see an interesting tattoo?"
[zip] |
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Sheesh. The tone of this place. |
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//My foot is about 13 inches long// |
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Thinly veiled, but not too thinly. |
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//Thinly veiled, but not too thinly.//
No, it's 13 inches when veiled in a
trainer. When veiled in a sock it's only
11 inches. Sorry to dissappoint. |
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Joking aside, this would work well in
some circumstances. Like for boxes
when you are moving. You could have
your furniture rearanged in your new
domicile before your actual furniture
gets to the new place. + |
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[Jutta] my mfd was more of a pre-
emptive suggestion than a request....I
am happy to go with the majority
verdict :-) |
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jutta is playing with you quite possibly - or not! |
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!That was why I used it without the
hyphens - but apologies anyway. |
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//My foot is about 13 inches long// A baker’s foot? |
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I frequently rely on dental floss for quick measurements, since I keep a box in the car. Snap it off and take the length of floss with you to the store, etc. Calibrated floss (possibly alternating colors) would come in handy when taking multiple measurements. “Which measurement is this one for”? |
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I'm still waiting for Metric dental floss before I decide to start using it. |
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The sooner the US stops wasting gallons per mile and starts using the more modest litres per kilometer, the better off the environment will be. ;) |
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Americans would buy any car if it was described in fractions of a football field in length. |
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And as Cowboy Curtis once said:
"Ya know what they say, PeeWee... Big Boots...Big FEET!!" |
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My god, the worlds gone mad! |
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don't let them sell us less gas for more money{not_only_but_also}. they would too! |
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[toomer34] Which side of the Atlantic are you on? The good old Imperial gallon is bigger than the weedy US one. Which is why we expect to pay more from it. I think. |
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Wouldn’t work: "Packed by weight, not by volume." |
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They should print the exact volume of eggs on their shells. Now there's a challenge. |
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Nah. Aristotle figured out how to do that ages ago. |
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Damn that Archimedes, stealing the credit for it. |
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