On Jan 17, 8:54*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
*Walking by the hippo
exposition, I strolleddown to the underwater viewing area when the
hippo decided to evacuate. *Holy Crom! That's a metric (my fave)
****load, alright.

Ummm, Larry... it is metric, henceforth not a ****load but an assload.
Metric assload.
You _could_ say metric ****load, but it's just not done. It's like
saying one tenth of a foot. (Yes, and I know...there is such a thing
as a tenth of an inch.)
Metric assload, Larry.
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I get real testy when people keep getting there UOM all mixed up..like
their tiches and tads, smidgens and c-hairs.
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;-)