THE MEASURE OF A MAN

It's all getting too easy. What we need is another new system of measurement.

Because, the feet and inches seemed to worked okay up to about 1970, so the introduction of metres and centimetres was wilfully thrust upon us. Even today, when they describe a bank robber on the news, we are told his height in feet and inches. We still travel by miles. But we have a whole generation of schoolchildren who have been educated with the new system, never get to use it and have no conception of what either measurement really looks like in their mind's eye because of it.

So let's introduce a third system, keep the thing moving, pile on some more confusion. Rods? Are they a measurement system? What about the cubit, what's that mean? Furlongs, knots - there are plenty of systems we can plant wholesale into the education system, mix things up a bit.

Or we could just introduce a brand new system.

"How big is the office space here?"

"Sixteen square spice girls."

"Ooo, spacious!"