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Unrelated, bit it irks me that in 2014 there are three countries left that have not adapted to the metric system: Liberia, Burma, and the United States. So when
by adnam 12y ago
Unrelated, bit it irks me that in 2014 there are three countries left that have not adapted to the metric system: Liberia, Burma, and the United States. So when I read
"1,141 feet long with room for more than 4,000 passengers"
I have to mentally translate it to:
"348 meters long with room for more than 20-score passengers"
- Fomite 12y agoThe magazine that published the article is based in one of those countries.
- napoleond 12y ago> 20-score passengers I'm with you on the metric, but... 20-score? Really?
- i_cannot_hack 12y agoHe's joking.
- hughdbrown 12y agoA score is 20 so 20-score would be 400, not 4,000. Is that the joke?
- adnam 12y agoYeah I meant to write 200-score but using mobile and fat-fingered it.
- pkaye 12y agoI'm guessing the joke that that a "score" is an obscure unit of measure.
- hughdbrown 12y agoLittle-used? Sure. Obscure, unknown? "Four score and seven years ago ..."