Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 20, 1978
Transcript:
Linus walks with Sally. Sally says, "Now if some kid comes up, and starts asking about a ruler, you hold him off . . ."<BR><BR> Linus asks, "Hold him off?" Sally says, "Yes, you hold him off while I run for it!"<BR><BR> Linus asks, "What if he tries to hit me?" Sally says, "Reason with him."<BR><BR> Sally continues, "Tell him his stupid ruler wouldn't have been any good after we switched to metrics, anyway!"<BR><BR>
And yet we never switched to metrics…