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