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[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 66 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Dont the British weigh things with rocks or some dumb shit?

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They're actually finely calibrated stones. For instance, my weight is 13 stones and a packet of gravel.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I lost twelve gravel and a teaspoon of sand this week.

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I found them. They are in my shoes. Do you want them back?

[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Beard, ma'am? Finest in Jerusalem

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

13 stone and and a pywackett of gravel or twelve stone and three hands?

Use your words, sheesh.

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The British have a perfectly logical system that results in us buying fuel by the litre, measuring speed in miles per hour, and measuring fuel economy in miles per gallon. We are doing just fine thank you very much.

[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 16 points 10 months ago

Knowledge is power. Using all of the knowledge at once is surely the most powerful.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

When I was at university, my friends and I used beer for currency. Somehow it was easier to say "you owe me two beers" than say "you owe me 100 kr"