Stationery Target
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american friends what can i say?
it has come to my attention with some dismay
i've discovered a scandal of shocking proportions
my mind is bent in flabbergasted contortions
cant believe i didnt know this before
but from california to baltimore
and canada! vancouver to montreal
you don't even have this thing at all!
when you go to the stationery store
what do you put in your paper drawer?
i know one thing for sure
it's not the heroic sheet of A4
to the rest of the world it's what a sheet of paper IS
and the way the series works - well get a load of this
a metre square in that ratio
is the standard numbered A zero
root 2 from the diagonal of a square
the magic number was always there
1.414 to one
means exponential halving and doubling fun
such a superior shape
portrait folding into landscape
and the ratio stays just the same
again and again and again
letter, legal but why do you shun
29.7 by 21 (that's centimetres!)
can you not see that your format is flawed
get civilized now my Imperial Lords
i dunno how do you all cope with it!
how'd you get your posters n flyers to fit?
practical elegance, scalable perfection
stationery target of overlooked affection
a good old sheet of A4
put your kid's art up on the fridge door
a uniting force after the second world war!
spreading to (nearly!) every shore
i found out! you can get it online
don't worry transatlantic friends you'll be fine
you don't have to live this way
you could start using it today
it'll fit in your paper tray!
order now! don't delay
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it's not the heroic sheet of A4
to the rest of the world it's what a sheet of paper IS
how'd you get your posters n flyers to fit?
Thanks for this fun listen!
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