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On-Yomi: ケイ — Kun-Yomi: みち、こみち、さしわたし、ただちに

Koohii stories:

1) [calittle] 7-10-2007(162): Scientists recently measured the diameter of Earth by drilling a deep hole and dropping a line of thread off a humongous spool until it got to the other side.

2) [Katsuo] 18-2-2008(109): Suggestion: Replace "spool" with "toilet paper/roll". Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Measure the diameter of a column (maybe Nelson's Column in London?) using a roll of toilet paper. Spool also appears in stalk (#715 茎), suspicious (#716 怪), lightly (#717 軽), sutra (#1360 経).

3) [randomkrazy] 31-1-2009(38): I'm going to measure the diameter of your crotch, sorry I know it sounds dirty but its for the good of science!

4) [jamestaverner] 22-12-2007(29): Lance Armstrong wins because his bike has wheels with a bigger diameter. This raises his crotch higher off the ground, giving him more pedalling power. (After winning the Tour de France so many times, the French public liked him almost as much as Princess Di (they use her as the yardstick to measure how much they like celebrities. You could even say that he went up a few notches on the Princess Di-a-Meter… (sorry))).

5) [eltjopoort] 10-6-2008(16): The column of soldiers to the left has been assigned to measure the diameter of a bomb crater. They carry a huge spool of measuring tape with them as they march to the other side.

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