Date:  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 22:32:15 -0500

From:  Dennis Baron <debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Going Decimal



That same year, Scandinavia or some part of it (Sweden?)

>switched from driving on one side of the street to the other (I forget

>whcih direction the move was in) -- that is an experience I do not

>hope to have.

>

>Bethany Dumas



The year I was in France my students were telling lots of Belgian jokes.

One I remember: The Belgians decided they were going to imitate the British

and drive on the left side of the road. First they were going to have the

trucks do it, and if that worked, then the cars would do it too.



Dennis

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