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Are London buses the new standard unit of measurement?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -crew.html


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Nothing new about it, it's been a known unit of measurement for millennia. [:D]


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RG, makes sense to me! Great story and photos, thanks for sharing! [:)]

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It seems to be common practice to simplify things so that the public can understand what the superior reporter writes about.
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As a kid, I recall London Buses often being used to put size into perspective.
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"I refuse to ride on double decker buses becuase there is no driver on the top."
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ORIGINAL: Zorch

"I refuse to ride on double decker buses becuase there is no driver on the top."


Ha-ha :)

maybe old times people talked someting like - this river is 3 mammothes wide or something like that.

and soon we say that my new car is 20 ipads long...
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