Warp wrote:
>   I somewhat similar common expression is "we are light-years ahead of
> our competitors".
> 
>   They don't realize that's exactly as silly as saying "we are miles ahead
> of our competitors", or in European, "we are kilometers ahead of our
> competitors". IMO that expression just isn't sensible with a measurement
> of distance.

	Actually, people *do* regularly say "miles ahead of..." in that 
context. Just do a Google search and see.

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Dorothy, the scarecrow and the tinman.


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