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alt text: a photo of a piece of lumber supporting a floor, printed on it is "242 DICKS" with the rest of the word obsured behind the the wall beneath it. the caption reads "americans will use anything but the metric system".

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[โ€“] SlopppyEngineer 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's certainly not proper imperial. The number is too big. In imperial you invent a new word if things get too hard to count on your fingers. Something like 6 dicks is 1 fest and 9 fests is 1 celebration.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

11 dicks 4 spit roasts 7 orgies