Written for the "forty" challenge.
"Really, Peri, do I have to wear these ridiculous clothes?"
"Ridiculous? Compared to what you usually wear? Look, for once could you *try*
to be inconspicuous?"
"Oh very well." The Doctor had agreed to take Peri to Disneyland. He had also,
reluctantly, agreed to forego his patchwork coat and dress as a typical
tourist, in shorts and T-shirt. And he'd been complaining ever since.
"Anyway," Peri said, "you're lucky I got some that fitted you at all."
"Oh, come now, Peri. I grant that a forty-inch waist is somewhat on the obese
side, but given the Brobdingnagian proportions of your countrymen..."
"Doctor, where on Earth did you get the idea you have a forty-inch waist?"
"From the label in these shorts, of course." He hesitated. "Funny, according to
the T-shirt size, I also have a forty-inch chest. Curious. I must be
cylindrical."
It took Peri a second to work it out. "Doctor, those *aren't* Roman
numerals..."
--
Dave
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"Master Frodo, the power of the Ring 'as turned me into Pam Ayres!"
> It took Peri a second to work it out. "Doctor, those *aren't*
> Roman numerals..."
Oh, bravo!
Paul
--
The Pink Pedanther
In Roman numerals, XL is 40 - L is 50 and X is 10. Having the smaller number
before the larger indicates you're supposed to subtract smaller from larger.
In clothing sizes, however, XL is Extra Large...
Imran
[snip]
> "Funny, according to the T-shirt size, I also have a forty-inch chest.
> Curious. I must be cylindrical."
>
> It took Peri a second to work it out. "Doctor, those *aren't* Roman
> numerals..."
>
*groan*
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