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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:12:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Cynthia M. Van Ness" <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Humor needed (fwd)
 
 
Since I posted this query to two lists, and there was a request to share
the humor that came my way, I'm forwarding this to the readers of MAPS-L,
who have been exceedingly generous with the jokes and funny stories.
 
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:23:44 -0400
From: Drew Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Humor needed
 
I remember a story (it may have been from Lewis Carroll, the author of
Alice in Wonderland) who wrote about a place that had a superb map of the
countryside.  Unlike ordinary maps, which usually are one inch=one mile
(or some other scale), this one had a scale of 1:1 (that's right...one
inch=one inch).  However, they couldn't use the map very often, because
the farmers complained that it blocked out the sun.
 
Drew Smith
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