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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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Surely a yard (3ft, ~90cm) is the most equivelant to a metre, not a foot

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We call him Big30.48centimeter in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

And I think it’s beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

3.048 decimeters*

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Big decimeter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That equals 5.143 bananas

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Makes sense in theory, but I already call the house down the street bigyard.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wonder if they have an iron cast foot somewhere, like we have for iso metrics. I mean feet vary greatly in size, who was it that the first foot was measured from? See, this is what keeps me awake at night.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You're asking the wrong questions. Did they measure from heel to big toe? Or did they use the foot of one of those "second toe is longest" freaks?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Respira, respira.

Let them handle those issues, we've settled ours already.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

And we don't park our car in Harvard yard. We leave our bicycle at the Technical University of München meter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Call him Bigmet (pronounced "big-meat") for short.