Suggestion Smiley sorta-suggestion... :10ftpole:

[ClayJar]

You know those occasional times a post comes up that you wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole? There really isn't a good smiley for that...

Any chance you'd like to add one? I was having fun, and I kinda made a prototype of one...

It could even be :10ftpole:

 

[do it easy]

How about a metric version as well so that we don't neglect our metric friends who are subjects of foreign rulers.

 

[ClayJar]

Hmm... is there an equivalent idiom?

 

[do it easy]

I wouldn't touch that with a 3.048 meter pole?

ooops, that's too many significant figures. I guess it would be just a 3 meter pole, unless you had a 10. foot pole, in which case, it would be 3.0 meters.

Let's just round to 3 meters.

 

[ClayJar]

Converting the units is not often an acceptable way to handle idioms. They must be substituted in full, just as is the case for humor.

How would you translate this old joke to metric:

Aunt: You've grown another foot since I last saw you!
Nephew: No, I haven't. I've still got two.​

Translators have the worst problems with puns.

 

[DandyDon]

If the quick or :11: doesn't fit, for those I try to play it safe, maybe with or :voskl1: perhaps eepwalla :sofa: or depending on context :demented: :54: uttahere :sulkoff: :280:

 

[DandyDon]

:w-t-f: :huhu: :sadlike: :freak: :eek5: :blush: :429: :nervous: :help: :notify: :ignore: :icoeek: :dontgetit :loopy:

 

[DandyDon]

:eye-popin :wierdo:
:scared: :sd3: and there are more...

or worst case :wow_2: or :dropmouth

And I have more off site...?

 

[erparamedic]

Don... you have too much time on your hands!

 

[DandyDon]

Don... you have too much time on your hands!

Didn't take long - just skill and experience.

Always try to help other members...