Re: [aroid-l] Giant Amorphs - what a shame.

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.09.13 at 06:27:46(9405) I seem to recall some high-energy exchanges on this list about metric and barbaric systems....... The petiole was 30 cm in diameter (= 15 Terabytes). +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens StroWi > Verzonden: woensdag 11 september 2002 23:27 > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > Onderwerp: Re: [aroid-l] Giant Amorphs - what a shame. > > > Oh my Lord Protector (of Phalloids and other things) > > Don't you have some indulgence with your overseas disciples, > who are measuring in foot and weighing in stones??? > > "Wilbert Hetterscheid" schrieb: > > Some species of Amorphs have thick stalks as a stable > character, ............................. > Having said that, > I have pictures of a giant > > hewittii in Sarawak with a VERY thick petiole, > > So what is a VERY thick petiole in ETU (elephant trunk units)??? > > > but then the leaf of it is 3 meter high!!!!!! > > OH,oh, what on Imperial and American earth would that be in > inch, foot, yard or miles??? > > With continental greetings from metric and decimal Germany, > Bernhard. > > P.S.: My dear Lord P.(Protector of and the metric system), > don't you even DARE to convert the units, one day THEY will > convert.... > > > > > So, now that you robbed me blind of Amorphophalluses, > you're going to get > > rid of them again???????????? Just DON'T tell me you switch to > > Philodendrons................. > > > > Lord Protector of Phalloids > >

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