:’) Still part of its charm. :’)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec
[snip] equal to about 30.9 trillion kilometres (19.2 trillion miles) or 3.26 light-years... the distance from the Sun to an astronomical object which has a parallax angle of one arcsecond (1/3,600 of a degree) [/snip]
It could be explained by not being able to go point a-b and thus having to travel a route around an area of space...thus Making the run in x parsecs.
(Stalks off, hyperventilating...)