Madness.

These are stones. You’re going to have to get used to them in the UK.

So the utter utter utter dick head Boris Johnson is proposing to return to Imperial Weights and Measures in the UK in a an effort to distance from the EU (avoirdupois, no irony there then). Nobody under fifty will have a clue.

Now pay attention, there may be a test at the end.

1 yard = 3 feet 
1/2 yard = 1 foot 6 inches = 18 inches
1/3 yard = 1 foot = 12 inches
1/4 yard = 9 inches (3/4 of a foot)
1/6 yard = 6 inches (1/2 of a foot)
1 chain = 22 yards = 66 feet
1 furlong = 10 chains = 220 yards = 660 feet
1 mile = 8 furlongs = 80 chains = 1760 yards = 5280 feet
16 dram = 1 oz
16 oz= 1 lb
14 lb= 1 stone
2 st= 1 qtr
4 qtr= 1 cwt
20 cwt= 1 ton
24 grains= 1 pennyweight
20 pennyweight= 1 troy oz
12 troy oz= 1 troy lb
20 grains= 1 scruple
3 scruples= 1 drachm
8 drachms= 1 apothecaries oz
1 troy oz = 480 grains
1 troy lb = 5760 grains
1 oz avoirdupois = 437.5 grains
1 lb avoirdupois = 7000 grains
100 points= 1 carat
12 lines= 1 inch
12 inches= 1 foot
3 feet= 1 yard
1760 yards= 1 mile
100 links= 1 chain
10 chains= 1 furlong
8 furlongs= 1 mile
4 inches = 1 hand
22 yards = 1 chain
5.5 yards= 1 rod, pole or perch
4 poles = 1 chain
40 poles = 1 furlong
36 inches= 1 yard
440 yards= quarter mile
880 yards= half mile
60 minims= 1 fl.drachm
8 fl.drachms= 1 fl.oz
5 fl.oz= 1 gill
2 gills= 1 cup
4 gills= 1 pint
20 fl.oz = 1 pint
2 cups= 1 pint
2 pints= 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
8 pints= 1 gallon
2 gallons= 1 peck
4 pecks= 1 bushel
3 bushels= 1 sack or bag
8 bushels= 1 quarter
36 bushels= 1 chaldron
12 sacks= 1 chaldron
5 quarters= 1 load
4.5 gallons= 1 pin
2 pins= 1 firkin
2 firkins = 1 kilderkin
2 kilderkins= 1 barrel
2 barrels= 1 puncheon
3 puncheons= 1 tun
6 firkins = 1 hogshead
2 hogsheads= 1 butt
2 butts= 1 ton

There you go, not as complicated as you thought.

I look forward to bicycles having to be penny-farthings and top hats being compulsory in public.

I imagine Rees-Mogg is getting a semi.

Oh wait, something as stupid as this is just a major distraction to everything else that the government has cocked up. The country is going to hell in a handcart but at least we will measure it in cubits.
Well Mr Timothy Randall Martin owner of Weatherspoons pub chain who was a brexit advocate – no chicken, no beer, no CO2 to pressurise it. How’s that workin’ for ya?

If the NHS is full to bursting why did we dismantle the Nightingale hospitals and their huge capacity? (Clue: we have no one to staff them). 

Anyway, turned out nice again. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.