On 13 Aug 2010 14:40:01 -0500, "Fred B. Brown"
<fredbbrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> There is even a whole genre of jokes based on the lack of an integral
>> conversion that satirize comon idioms such as "in for a penny, in for
>> .454 kg."
>
>Cosidering that the reference is comparing a monetary unit to a unit
>of weight, kind of a weak joke.
At one point in time a penny was a unit of weight as well, as in a 10d
nail.
This entire genre of jokes is rather lame. "A miss is as good as
1.609344 kilometers" is'nt any better.
Justine Thyme
The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy.
--Robert Burns
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