Give or take one thousand
by Volker Weber
Dude: Remember that barge that was right on the horizon of the beach on Sunday?
Chick: Yeah, why?
Dude: How far away do you think it was?
Chick: I have no clue. A thousand feet, maybe?
Male passenger: Actually, the horizon at sea level is six to eight miles away.
Chick: So, less than a thousand feet?
Comments
She was clearly making a statement against Imperial units - they are a relict and nobody should need to know the relationship between mile and foot or even try and apply some common sense.
Great flame bait, I'd think :)
Frank L. Quednau, 2007-08-28
Now I feel like a chick... :(
Daniel Haferkorn, 2007-08-28
wonder if its swedish miles just to make it even more confusing.
Flemming Riis, 2007-08-28
Frank, during my exchange year in the US I had to hold a presentation on my research in front of the class that was welcome to comment it afterwards. One chick said:
"He held a great presentation, but it was weird he used metres because that makes everything so difficult."
Yeah, right.
Philipp Sury, 2007-08-29
