How tall are you and how much do you weigh?

[Andre]

okay then, 212 barleycorn and 3115 uncia

 

[qspeechc]

1.7m tall and 60kg. Yes, I am short and thin, like a needle.

 

[Moonbear]

15.5 hands and 4.2 bushels of cotton.

 

[hypatia]

15 hands, is that to the shoulder?

 

[Moonbear]

15 hands, is that to the shoulder?

Hmm...I have to deduct a few hands to the shoulder. I went with the height to the top of my head. If I adjusted that now, you'd all know how big my head is.

 

[Hurkyl]

nope; if you can't breakdown into layman's terms you don't have a good enough grasp of the material.

If you think layman's terms can fully express it, you don't have a good enough grasp of the material.

 

[JasonRox]

If you think layman's terms can fully express it, you don't have a good enough grasp of the material.

That's an example of a clever comment!

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

Pfft 14 lbs to the stone.

It's basic imperial measurement.

6.4 kilos to the stone.

I am about 4 cubits tall too.

 

[Ben Niehoff]

I'm 5'11'' and 124-130 lbs. I really should work out and try to build some muscle mass.

 

[Kurdt]

173cm and 59 Kilos. There are a lot of small people. I thought I was the only one.

 

[wolram]

173cm and 59 Kilos. There are a lot of small people. I thought I was the only one.

Over much pencil pushing and no spanner wrenching.

 

[Kurdt]

Over much pencil pushing and no spanner wrenching.

If that were true I'd have said 1.73m instead.

 

[tribdog]

Okay I have a question. I'm a surveyor and in every state other than Arizona, surveyors use "US Survey Feet" here in Arizona they use "International Feet" Why would we come up with something called International Feet? Is there any other nation that uses feet? How International can it be?

 

[Moridin]

1.7m tall and 60kg. Yes, I am short and thin, like a needle.

Congratulations for being the first user in this post to use SI.

 

[g33kski11z]

I'm 5'9" 140-145 lbs.. medium built.

 

[BobG]

Like I'd tell you how big I am! You'd come over to my house and beat me up!

Okay, I'm 1.8794 x 10^-16 light years .075 tons. At least the units are daunting.

 

[DaveC426913]

4'2" 475 lbs

Consider remeasuring after getting off the motorcycle.

 

[hypatia]

Ive gain a lot of weight this winter, so after I loose it, I'll be 5'6" and 135lbs

 

[BryanP]

5'8, 153 lbs, medium-frame

 

[binzing]

Kurdt, wow your 173 cm? My kayak is a 185 (Pyranha s6x) but then again, that is taller than me. Nevermind (ha, yeah I like spelling it that way, a tribute...)

 

[Kurdt]

Kurdt, wow your 173 cm? My kayak is a 185 (Pyranha s6x) but then again, that is taller than me. Nevermind (ha, yeah I like spelling it that way, a tribute...)

Yes, that's 5'8'' for those working in old money. Why does that surprise you?

 

[undrcvrbro]

6' 190 lbs

 

[opt!kal]

5'4" and 110 lbs. Yes I am horribly short and skinny. And I'm almost positive my Linear Algebra and Diff Eqn. Professor thinks I am 16 =/ (i'm actually 21).

 

[Moonbear]

Like I'd tell you how big I am! You'd come over to my house and beat me up!

Okay, I'm 1.8794 x 10^-16 light years .075 tons. At least the units are daunting.

Since others were getting chastised for non-SI units, make that metric tons and you're all set!

Consider remeasuring after getting off the motorcycle.

Eek! Yipes! I just hopped on the scale and am 10 lbs heavier than I thought I was! I've been cooking too much and spending too much time sitting on my duff apparently. Thank goodness I'm planning a week of intensive workouts with the sheep next week! (Though, I'm suspicious of where the extra weight is...my clothes still fit all the same...I think the scale is lying. )

 

[B. Elliott]

5'4" and 110 lbs. Yes I am horribly short and skinny. And I'm almost positive my Linear Algebra and Diff Eqn. Professor thinks I am 16 =/ (i'm actually 21).

At least your not almost 30 with people thinking you're 19 lol.

 

[binzing]

Never mind Kurdt.

 

[mgb_phys]

Okay I have a question. I'm a surveyor and in every state other than Arizona, surveyors use "US Survey Feet" here in Arizona they use "International Feet"

Except the ones that use metric:
"the U.S. Survey Foot was specified in 11 states and the International Foot was specified in 6 states. In all other states the meter is the only referenced unit of measure in the SPCS 83 legislation. The remaining 19 states do not yet have any legislation concerning SPCS 83"

Why would we come up with something called International Feet? Is there any other nation that uses feet? How International can it be?

When they had the little tea+boston harbour tantrum the USA was no longer allowed to walk into the British parliament to check the standard yard and so it based it's standard on a borrowed french Metre (Ironicallly the USA has officially always been metric!)

Because of the technology of the day the US inch wasn't quite the same as a British inch and so in 1959 the USA/UK decided to split the difference and agree on an international standard inch ( 25.4mm exactly)

Only USA + Burma officially use feet but most commonwealth countries use them unofficially in day-day speech. Although penises (penii?) and TV screens seem to be measured in inches everywhere.

 

[gravenewworld]

Man, a lot of you guys are skinny minnies

 

[frogman]

6'3" 225 lbs

 

[binzing]

And what's wrong with being skinny? Ha, I like it. I actually was told (well my dad was told by the dad of the second best XC runner in the county, to get into running) that I should run XC, so I'm going to try it. The first day has a 9 mile run though...

 

[Cyrus]

Man, a lot of you guys are skinny minnies

Actually, in most of the world they are normal. Americans are huge.

 

[binzing]

Ha, I'm breaking the American fatass curve. Yeah!

 

[undrcvrbro]

Ha, I'm breaking the American fatass curve. Yeah!

 

[edward]

Please pass the high fructose corn sweetener,,,,,,,,,not

 

[JasonRox]

I'm 5'9 and 155 pounds.

Seems pretty normal to me.