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::Sure, but very few outside the USA have an intuitive feel for what the actual relative sizes are except for "a football field is probably pretty big and a microscope can see very small things". So outside the USA it's an analogy that is less useful than just saying the time in years. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 13:22, 10 August 2019 (UTC) | ::Sure, but very few outside the USA have an intuitive feel for what the actual relative sizes are except for "a football field is probably pretty big and a microscope can see very small things". So outside the USA it's an analogy that is less useful than just saying the time in years. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 13:22, 10 August 2019 (UTC) | ||
:::A regular football field and an American football field is almost the same size and a yard is close to a meter. I'm pretty sure than 90% of those coming here did understand the analogy in this comic, and the other 10% was probably from the US ;-D --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:09, 11 August 2019 (UTC) | :::A regular football field and an American football field is almost the same size and a yard is close to a meter. I'm pretty sure than 90% of those coming here did understand the analogy in this comic, and the other 10% was probably from the US ;-D --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:09, 11 August 2019 (UTC) | ||
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== Please use the metric system in your explanation. Randall does not approve of imperial units. == | == Please use the metric system in your explanation. Randall does not approve of imperial units. == | ||
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− | He wouldn't touch the | + | He wouldn't touch the english system with a 3.048 meter pole [[User:Whereisspike|Whereisspike]] ([[User talk:Whereisspike|talk]]) 17:21, 12 August 2019 (UTC) |
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