A Call For Humor!

[pseudoid]

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The Tesla "dog mode" was not advertised in the early years, seeing dog inside one at 90F temperatures, I stormed into CVS and demanded that they announce in their PA system that the Tesla owner left dog in car. A lady rushed over and told us about the Tesla's 'dog-mode'.

Embarrassing? No!
Awkward? Maybe!
Educational? Yes!

 

[KellenVancouver]

 

[thegeton]

 

[KellenVancouver]

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While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

 

[nobodynoz]

. . . Bigger than a Yard!
Imperial is good for people with 12 fingers and three feet.
For the rest of us, specially in 20th century (err sorry 21st century) metric is easier, more logical, more scientific, more ....

The NASA uses the metric system...

 

[RayDunzl]

I don't have a dislike for metric, but I have to convert the bigger numbers to imperial in most cases to make sense of what I'm reading.

Random thoughts after flying a metric sailplane last weekend:

1597 meters altitude = somewhere around 4600 feet I guess, close to a mile! I'm wrong, it's 5239.5 feet which all but is a mile!

142km/hr = oh, maybe 85mph. 88.2mph is the answer, I wasn't far off, but still had to convert for it to "mean something".

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Suffolkhifinut]

The NASA uses the metric system...

If they used miles instead of kilometres Mars would be closer.

 

[nobodynoz]

By the way, you should not listen a long time to your hifi with the sound above 85db... it's risky for your hearing. You won't loose it but you can get tinnitus... a permanent noise in your hears days and nights forever.

 

[Ken Tajalli]

If they used miles instead of kilometres Mars would be closer.

And if they used Leagues ?

 

[Suffolkhifinut]

And if they used Leagues ?

Being an Evertonian please don’t mention leagues to me!

 

[jkasch]

While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

Eventually, you get to close enough.

 

[pseudoid]

While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

Some think of them as the "imperial: tUrds"!
Nothing ever comes good of fractions.
I am 90% base10-person, 2/25th times Hex-person and 19/1000 times I am forced to think in fractions...

 

[Holmz]

While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

1/3 meter, is pretty much a foot and 2”.

 

[mhardy6647]

I am one of those 4/3rds of people who struggle with fractions.

 

[pseudoid]

I think the original Hubble mis-alignment problem was due to the forgotten conversion when some engineering data was crossing the Atlantic.

 

[-Matt-]

While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

Conversely, the vast majority of metric measurement, eg bolts and screw sizes are easily specified in whole units of mm, whilst under the imperial system they nearly all require fractions of an inch. I consider this a far more egregious shortcoming.

 

[DonR]

While I appreciate the mathematical ease inherent to metric, it has one shortcoming compared to imperial: thirds. I can exactly determine one-third of a foot, but one-third of a meter goes on to infinity.

Exactly... just like a 3rd of an inch... oh wait.

 

[A Cute Earring]

I love a good Venn diagram.

 

[audiofooled]

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This was sent to me: Should I be scared?