The distance “mile” is approximately the distance a Roman troop walked in 1000 paces. Which tells us that the on average (median?) Roman soldiers were 5.28 feet tall (about 5’ 3.3"), since your natural pace is very close to your height.
Actually a kilometer is 62.1% of a mile, not 66%, so he would not have been 1/3 or 33% shorter. 38%(roughly) is much closer to 3/8 or .375 so the fraction should be 3/8.
Obviously they are both too young to be familiar with the late great Art Buchwald whose explanation of the story behind Kilometres DEBOUTISH was a Thanksgiving Day staple in the Detroit paper. httpS://theboldsoul.lisataylorhuff.cOm/the_bold_soul/2013/11/explaining-tHanksgiving-to-the-french-yeah-good-luck-with-that.htMl
GreasyOldTam 9 months ago
My middle name is Miles, and I have thought about changing it if I ever moved to Canada.
Erse IS better 9 months ago
The distance “mile” is approximately the distance a Roman troop walked in 1000 paces. Which tells us that the on average (median?) Roman soldiers were 5.28 feet tall (about 5’ 3.3"), since your natural pace is very close to your height.
wrloftis 9 months ago
Art Buchwald once wrote a column that translated the romance story for the French, and he called Miles Standish, “Kilometre Deboutish.”
markkahler52 9 months ago
Ask Miles of “Crabgrass”
a swino 9 months ago
jazz lovers HATE the metric system
Doug K 9 months ago
Did he live up to his name?
PoodleGroomer 9 months ago
He would have been Knots Standish if he had been a sailor.
DaBump Premium Member 9 months ago
“No, that system hadn’t been invented yet, smart guy.”
zwilnik64 9 months ago
Anybody else remember Art Buchwald’s annual Thanksgiving essay? Jef sure seems to.
mfrasca 9 months ago
Joel: How much Keeffe is in this movie anyway?
Tom Servo: Miles O’ Keeffe.
- “Cave Dwellers,” Mystery Science Theater 3000
sandpiper 9 months ago
Knit picking is a fuzzy art.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 9 months ago
Myles Standish would’ve been well suited for a job as a bank teller, checkout clerk, or barista.
For an office worker, bus driver, or computer programmer, Myles Sittish is your man.
But if you’re looking for wide receiver or a FedEx or UPS delivery guy, you want Myles Runnish.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom 9 months ago
This comic is hilarious!
prrdh 9 months ago
And if he stood up straight and tall, instead of sorta kinda standing, would he have been called Mi(y)les Stand?
Incidentally, if anyone cares to know, Miles/Myles comes from Latin via Norman French and means ‘soldier’.
halagad 9 months ago
Actually a kilometer is 62.1% of a mile, not 66%, so he would not have been 1/3 or 33% shorter. 38%(roughly) is much closer to 3/8 or .375 so the fraction should be 3/8.
Rhetorical_Question 9 months ago
It’s Myles Standish!
Rich Douglas 9 months ago
Or Frank Shorter.
EMGULS79 9 months ago
Obviously they are both too young to be familiar with the late great Art Buchwald whose explanation of the story behind Kilometres DEBOUTISH was a Thanksgiving Day staple in the Detroit paper. httpS://theboldsoul.lisataylorhuff.cOm/the_bold_soul/2013/11/explaining-tHanksgiving-to-the-french-yeah-good-luck-with-that.htMl
Teto85 Premium Member 9 months ago
He came from a time before kilometres
Phoenix83 9 months ago
The name miles derives from either the Slavic Milu (Gracious) or the Latin Miles (Soldier).
djlactin 9 months ago
In this context, ‘Miles’ means ‘soldier’.
Nick Danger 9 months ago
Myles Standish (the original spelling) died before the invention of the metric system, anyway.