On 10/7/05, Mario Mendes Jr. <mario@mmendes.com> wrote:
>
> > But then, why should others be trouble just for the conveniences of
> > science and standard.
> >
> > Ling SM
> >
>
> That's right.  We have more important things to do around here than
> changing the measures system.  For example, should we teach evolution or
> creationism in SCIENCE class?  We're also very busy watching scripted
> reality tv shows and we don't have the time to actually LEARN a concept so
> alien as a measuring system based on the number of fingers and toes in a
> persons body, I mean, c'mon, what do you want from us?  Isn't having 10
> fingers and 10 toes enough for you now you want us to base our system in
> the number 10 too?

  We have only 9 fingers. I think we have already solved this problem.
:)
But only those which have small childrens and are fouling them with the
trick "number how many fingers do you have, using one hand to count
twice the fingers of the other hand "

try this Mario and be more happy,

Vasile

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