Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:41:06 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 23:45:29 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> We don't have that distinction. That is one of the reasons that I try to
>>> convince people that the scales they use to measure their weight should
>>> be called kilometers. Up till now with very minor success.
>> I'm not surprised using length to measure mass, or am I missing
>> something?
> 
> Kilo = abbreviation of kilogram (as Andrel said), but the funnier part is 
> if you read "meter" not as a distance, but rather a device for measuring 
> something (think water meter or gas meter).
> 

I still am not sure if Stephen really did not understand that, that he 
pretended not to, or that it was just a very bad joke.

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