"We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?" "We can't send mail farther than 500 miles from here," he repeated. "A little bit more, actually. Call it 520 miles. But no farther."
http://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
Found this on hn. It's a very funny story imo.
Also, it's the first time I saw the units tool, which I'll use again!
you have: 10 kilometer
you want: miles
* 6.21371
That's me when the market goes down. I won't lie - I do crack a smile when it's going up.