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• corvi@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The feathers. You have to carry the weight of what you did to those birds.

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  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “You done clucked up, boy!” - Chicken St.Peter

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  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And I need a container to carry that many feathers.

    I can carry the kg of steel in one hand.

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• Visstix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s an old riddle that only works with imperial units. In traditional British fashion, the imperial weights and measures had two pounds in it, and you had to choose the right pound for the right thing you were weighing. The troy pound was used to measure metals and only has 12 ounces, whereas the pound used to measure feathers had 16, so a pound of feathers was 4 ounces heavier than a pound of lead or gold or whatever.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wow. You really dont get it.

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    • bluGill@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A pound is the same for both. The oz measure is what was different. Thus an oz of metal is heavier than an oz of feathres. However a pound of both weights the same.

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      • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No. Steel is heavier than feathers.

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which would you prefer dropped on your head?

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• CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Clearly the steel weighs more.

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