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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by p1mrx@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
 

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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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[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 70 points 9 months ago

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

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 65 points 9 months 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!

[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago

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

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] palitu@aussie.zone 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] corvi@lemm.ee 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Ah yes. Zeno's left foot.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months 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.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

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

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months 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.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago
[–] Asweet@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

…Big Foot