On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> Hoosier politicians have particular trouble understanding
> that some things are simply beyond their control; at some
> time (during the 1840s IIRC), a Hoosier legislator proposed
> a bill to change the value of Pi to 3.0 since that would
> make all calcultations involving Pi more easy to perform.
>
> I'm really surprised it that it failed to pass...
>From what I recall, it actually got pretty close until someone stood up to
point out the stupidity of it all, whence it quickly died.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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