Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

Look at your palm, bend your fingers slightly and count 3 on each finger using your thumb. When you do that you get to 12. Count one similar space on your other had then count to 12 on the first hand again. And so on until you reach 12 x 12. Grossed out.
Easy once you know how, counting on your fingers! So when someone says he could count something on the fingers of one hand he doesn't necessarily mean 5. (Or 6 in a jack's case. )

So glad everyone knows how to do this!

[NYCBlue]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

How much is a finger of fudge?

just enough for everyone aparently. Not buying it myself.

[xsnaggle]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

So glad everyone knows how to do this!

They do now!

[The Bloop]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

They do now!

My old primary school teacher would only have been able to count to 10 using that method, as he'd lost 2/3 of his little finger in an accident 🙂

[splott parker]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

Not sure what it achieves other than gesture politics . Got a feeling only 3 countries use it one being the , USA perhaps it please our freinds accross the pond?

I cant weight for the backlash.

I speak your wait

[life on mars]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

I speak your wait

You got my measure , worth the weight .

[xsnaggle]

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You got my measure , worth the weight .

there's not an ounce of sense in that!

[tforturton]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

I bet a pound to a penny that some half-pint will be on here with his two-pennerth any moment now. Not an ounce of sense, but he'll go the whole nine yards to make his point.

[xsnaggle]

Re: Imperial measures making a comeback - for or against?

I bet a pound to a penny that some half-pint will be on here with his two-pennerth any moment now. Not an ounce of sense, but he'll go the whole nine yards to make his point.

Had to have your pound of flesh didn't you?