• @BilboBargains
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      5110 months ago

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

      • @Agent641
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        1910 months ago

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

        • @lugal
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          10 months ago

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

      • @xX_fnord_Xx
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        310 months ago

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

        Use your words, sheesh.

    • @[email protected]
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      2510 months ago

      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.

    • @CurlyMoustache
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      810 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”