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Old 09-23-2018, 07:57 PM   #19
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Spillover from another thread about how we measure things by metaphor. In the UK, apparently everything gets put in terms of "the size of Wales," and the "size of a car" quote above happened to pop up right at the same time, that's all.
Yeah, I know where it came from, the question was why.
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