Tila Tequila

Measuring resistance of wire?

I tried measuring a few cm of a wire with a multimeter and the resistance turned out to be 26 ohms and when i measured about a foot of the wire the resistance was about the same.Isnt the resistance supposed to be higher as the length of the wire increases? and i tried connecting the two wires of the multimeter and the resistance was about 25 ohms.Am i supposed to minus that reading off or is my multimeter faulty?