On Wednesday 25 October 2006 00:29, John Bowden wrote: > > or the measurement from end of finger to the first joint of the > first finger. an imperial british mesurement from before > decimalization. Yes I know I'm full of useless infomation. > I like the one about the foot being the average foot measurement of 10 good men attending church on a particular day. Sadly, I understand that this is folklore without any basis of truth. > registered Linux user number 414240 > Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest > intentions and he was going to blow them up ! My daughter remarked yesterday that until mid 20th century it was actually illegal for a British citizen to fail to celebrate Guy Faulks day. I suspect that the thinking was rather different from popular opinion ;-) Anne
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