In fact, the Anglo-Saxons should take a step further: why only use inches, feet miles, yards? Why stop there? I suggest a new TIME SYSTEM!

  • The basis is mimoprala, this is a bit like the second. There are 12.5 mimopralas in a…

  • napoleon. This is how long it takes for a mouse to run three shoes sizes. There are 57 napoleons in a…

  • troupay. There 4.5 trupees in a day, but the last truupai of the day is 2.6 times longer than on the previous day.

  • a day starts with sunrise and ends with sunset.

  • there are 263 days in a year, the rest is vacation.

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    9 days ago

    What is Anglo Saxon?

    “Imperial” is left only in Usa and a few very small islands (probably owned by Americans anyway).

      • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Stone never made sense to me, stones can vary in size considerably and there’s no “standard” intuitive size. Cats can also vary in size, but it would make more sense to measure how many cats I weigh, even if there are some huge cats.

        • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
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          8 days ago

          An average cat is about 4kg (or 8.8 ibs).

          7 Stone = 11.1 cats
          8 Stone = 12.7 cats
          9 Stone = 14.3 cats
          10 Stone = 15.9 cats
          11 Stone = 17.5 cats
          12 Stone = 19.1 cats
          13 Stone = 20.7 cats
          14 Stone = 22.2 cats
          15 Stone = 23.8 cats
          16 Stone = 25.4 cats

          55kg = 13.8 cats
          60kg = 15.0 cats
          65kg = 16.3 cats
          70kg = 17.5 cats
          75kg = 18.8 cats
          80kg = 20.0 cats
          85kg = 21.2 cats
          90kg = 22.5 cats
          95kg = 22.8 cats
          100kg = 25.0 cats