OK, I get the joke, but let’s assume for a minute that it really was a tape measure. The end they’re looking at would “say” 0,1,2,3 … The total measurement is at the OTHER end.
The foot (as a unit of measure) The standard Roman foot (pes) was normally about 295.7 mm (11.6 in) (97% of today’s measurement), but, in the provinces, the so-called pes Drusianus (foot of Nero Claudius Drusus) was used, with a length of about 334 mm (13.1 in). So how accurate was that measurement ? Then you used an anteater’s tongue? I call foul.
C over 2 years ago
Cave guy got your tongue?
angelolady Premium Member over 2 years ago
Shades of the Flintstones.
j_m_kuehl over 2 years ago
Just be an anteater, and thuck it up
n4hhe over 2 years ago
Am curious how the tip of the anteater’s tongue has a number indicating how far it is extended?
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Yeah. That is kinda backwards, but not a bad toss either.
JD'Huntsville'AL over 2 years ago
OK, I get the joke, but let’s assume for a minute that it really was a tape measure. The end they’re looking at would “say” 0,1,2,3 … The total measurement is at the OTHER end.
blakerl over 2 years ago
The foot (as a unit of measure) The standard Roman foot (pes) was normally about 295.7 mm (11.6 in) (97% of today’s measurement), but, in the provinces, the so-called pes Drusianus (foot of Nero Claudius Drusus) was used, with a length of about 334 mm (13.1 in). So how accurate was that measurement ? Then you used an anteater’s tongue? I call foul.
TSRaman over 2 years ago
Convert it into metres. Could be less painful.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Only in the cartoons…just go with it!
Mediatech over 2 years ago
Great, they’ve invented the javelin. Now the other side has to invent the slingshot. When will the Arms War end?