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OFFICE GEOLOGY / No. 13 / Client engagements

Sovereign sizing

A shirt fitting becomes a matter of national sovereignty.

  1. Chip01

    Could you measure my shirt in centimeters?

    Chip asks Vera about a patriotic shirt.
  2. Flint02

    We don’t negotiate with metric.

    Flint rejects the metric tape and produces a yardstick.
  3. Vera03

    Your sleeve is three eagles too long.

    Vera checks a row of eagles along Chip’s absurdly long shirt sleeve. Flint looks satisfied.
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  1. Panel 1

    Chip asks Vera about a patriotic shirt.

    Chip: Could you measure my shirt in centimeters?

  2. Panel 2

    Flint rejects the metric tape and produces a yardstick.

    Flint: We don’t negotiate with metric.

  3. Panel 3

    Vera checks a row of eagles along Chip’s absurdly long shirt sleeve. Flint looks satisfied.

    Vera: Your sleeve is three eagles too long.