[zh3]

I remember a teacher who cycled to work every day, along a coastal route. Because he saw the same people so often, he set himself a goal to smile at all he recognised so they'd smile back.

Last time we spoke, he was still battling one obstinate hold-out (while reminds me of an old joke - 'smiles' is actually the longest word in the english langugage because there's a mile between the s's).

[sophacles]

If "smiles" is the longest, how do you explain "similes"?

[Invictus0]

They must not have heard of beleaguered either.

[zh3]

Touche.

But more seriously, an imile is orthognal to the traditional one and as a result there is zero space between the s's.

[sophacles]

There's a great circle joke in here somewhere. I'm just not sure how to rotate the conversation into it.