Size of Wales
January 19th, 2005Ack. Why didn’t I think of this? If you’re having trouble conveying the size of something enormous or heavy, then simply use the Size-of-Wales meter thingy (via Sore Eyes) to convert SI units into something more understandable for the lay public. All we need now is an inverse, to turn the size indescribably small things into number of times they can fit on a human hair or a pinhead.
January 20th, 2005 at 08:37:28
And, for medium-sized objects, a double-decker-bus-ometer. Or perhaps a Nelsons-Column-ometer …
January 20th, 2005 at 09:05:10
For areas, how many football pitches. For very large areas, how many countries the size of Wales.
January 20th, 2005 at 09:09:39
Woops. Think I got a bit confused there and used the wrong Wales. Try again…
“For areas, how many football pitches. For lengths, how many blue whales.”
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