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Subway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake!

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago

Shout out to Carl Edvard Johansson for fixing this problem by defining the industrial inch at exactly 25.4 mm.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alt text: Subway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

oops, I was supposed to put that in the post body. Fixed.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, the NIST goon squad there is only 84.48 feet off from the perp's location...

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as the person fleeing is the one using the survey feet, the pursuers will never actually reach them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Ah yes. Zeno's left foot.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right : it would be quite easy to spot someone whistling, even with those bushes around him, at about 85 ft (26 m) distance.
Still it is difficult for an author to create funny and yet realistic fiction.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

In the comic, he looks to be about 20ft away, maybe. The last two panels are feet apart (same bush, same bank) lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In a jungle (that supposed to be a jungle, isn't it? it does look like a movie jungle), it's not easy at all.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago
[–] Asweet 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmmm sounds like someone is looking for a hard to find…

…Big Foot