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A New Unit Of Measurement

A small asteroid struck the Earth above Iceland last Friday — just two hours after it was spotted by an astronomer.  

The space rock, named 2022 EB5, is believed to have mostly burnt up in our planet's atmosphere, but even if it had impacted the surface it would have done little to no damage because it was just 10ft (3 metres) wide, about half the size of a giraffe. 

I propose we start measuring everything in giraffes. We already know the average height, length, mass, volume and lifespan of a giraffe. Some not-too-intensive research could lead to agreement on quantities such as heat, electrical resistance, conductivity, magnetism, etc of giraffes, and these numbers could be divided into convenient units. Just think of it - no more mish-mash of feet, meters, inches, grams, and so on. I admit there could be some trouble generating non-confusing symbols for these units, but that's a doddle.

Boru (height: .4 giraffes / weight: .1 giraffes  / age: 2.1 giraffes)

LOL, brilliant. It's posts like this that make me miss those AF awards we used to do (unless we're still doing them and I completely missed it).