Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for June 04, 2013

Somebody needs a math refresher course.

The Perfesser has Dunlaps disease – his belly done laps over his belt.

gotta put a white belt on him so we can tell if he’s walkin’ or rollin’…

I prefer the times when portly was a sign of affluence.

A 50 inch waist, converted to hexadecimal would be 32 …

Then there are those who buy the same size waist as when they were not so portly — they just wear them lower.

Just weighed myself. I’m a size tent-and-a-half!

I wear the same size pants as I did 40 years ago. No, I haven’t remainded the same, it’s the pants manufacturers that cheat and put in elastic bands and call them “relaxed fit.”

My 36" wasted pants felt loose so I measured my waist, 40". Pant manufacturers are lying to all of us!

50 inches or 128 cm, both are DECIMAL.Going METRIC makes the waist size larger unless, as someone said, you use decimeters (12.8) or meters (1.28). 50 (dec)= 32(hex); 128(dec)= 80(hex)I’ve taught all this stuff for years …

to late for me

Ok Measurement in decimetres is fine. I can handle that as long as everyone doesn’t know what Im talking about. Actually going metric with weight would be measuring in newtons and a rough estimate is 1 pound = 4 newtons.Kilograms is mass and there is a difference. But since the bigger the mass the bigger the weight…. its all moot

Too heck with the pounds..I want to know how manyhorsepower I put out….or Mega Joules or Kilo Watts..woof!

I’ve converted to the firkins per furlong per fortnight system!

Now why didn’t I think of that!

@ crcesc“size tent-and-a-half!”. That’s so hilarious, I may just have to use it myself!

Lbs are a measure of force, and kilograms are a measure of mass. They are not convertible. People try to pretend they are by applying a nominal acceleration to the mass, and converting the resulting force. However, the conversion factor varies with altitude and geographic location.