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Re: (OT) How long is a Piece of String

Subject: Re: (OT) How long is a Piece of String
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:37:29 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail,aus.rail.models
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Geoff Lambert wrote:

> According to another source (the "Archbishop Makarios in a bath with a
> nude woman sketch"- from the Frost Report on Nearly Everything) a
> piece of string is 163,000 miles long but, due to a mix-up in
> planning, it has been cut into 3-inch lengths.

That was super absorbant string.  Individual flood preventers.



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David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- How long is a Chain?
  - From: "Ben O'Regan" <ben@NOSPAMFORemiratespark.com.au>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: Bob Horgan <rhorgan@idx.com.au>
- (OT) How long is a Piece of String
  - From: "Ben O'Regan" <ben@NOSPAMFORemiratespark.com.au>
- Re: (OT) How long is a Piece of String
  - From: "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>
- Re: (OT) How long is a Piece of String
  - From: G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)

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