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.

    • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
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      8 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