Units of Measurement

[Harpo]

I've partially fixed this, but it's very easy to convert from Bananas to Swifties, as you simply divide by 10, and then multiply by 6 to get Pug Dogs.


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And then we entered a world of fantasy

 

[Pyan]

Wot, no hobbits? And that must be the smallest dragon ever...

 

[Harpo]

Wot, no hobbits? And that must be the smallest dragon ever...

You’ll have to try working around bananas and pugs

 

[Danny McG]

Is that right about leprechauns?
I always thought they were about the size of an Action Man figure!

 

[Alex The G and T]

Is that right about leprechauns?
I always thought they were about the size of an Action Man figure!

I dunno. I always reckoned that a leprechaun was about a cubit in height, and a bit roundish in stature.

 

[Harpo]

I dunno. I always reckoned that a leprechaun was about a cubit in height, and a bit roundish in stature.

And as everyone knows, a cubit is the length of one section of hedge.

Cubit - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Alex The G and T]

That's a rather dense hedge, if you ask me. I predict an overgrown hedge and an undersized Leprechaun.

 

[Harpo]

Mazes are made using dense hedges

 

[Alex The G and T]

Well, right. I went out and stuck my arm in a hedge and the stalks which I had planted 2 cubits apart, thirty years ago, had filled in to barely a handspan apart.

 

[Harpo]

Well, right. I went out and stuck my arm in a hedge and the stalks which I had planted 2 cubits apart, thirty years ago, had filled in to barely a handspan apart.

If that were a maze, people could cheat by squeezing through that gap.

 

[Parson]

As long as we are talking about units of measurement I've always thought the British "stone" was a particularly unique one. I wonder who determined which stone was the right size.

(I know about the stone of wool.)

 

[farntfar]

It's based on the weight of Keith Richards when he was a baby.
He's the only one of the Stones whose childhood was that far back in the mists of antiquity.

 

[Harpo]

So now we simply work out the difference between a young Keef and an Oxfordian Swiftie

 

[Ursa major]

I wonder who determined which stone was the right size.

They used the first stone that rocked up....

 

[Alex The G and T]

Must be the optimum size of stone to be hurled at a stoning; without knocking one's false beard askew.

 

[Dave]

It's still a good question. Who owned the original "stone" from which all other "stones" were measured. I expect it was long before stones gathered any moss.

 

[Danny McG]

From a local recycling scheme:-

 

[Alex The G and T]

How many Merinos is that?

 

[Harpo]

And is it before or after shearing season?

 

[farntfar]

When I'm weighing myself, the question is always, was this before or after lunch.