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Pounds, shillings and pennies if you please. A furlong is a unit of distance, not monetary.
by mrlonglong 6y ago
Pounds, shillings and pennies if you please. A furlong is a unit of distance, not monetary.
- toyg 6y agoPoor chap was probably confusing it with farthings. Some strange fellows on the interpipes these days, isn't it? The state of it all, I say.
- LatteLazy 6y agoObligatory: https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9 https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9
- mrlonglong 6y agoI'm actually rather glad we don't have to deal with that any more, we've gone almost all metric. One day we'll finally be rid of miles. However I do suspect it won't be as easy to get rid of pints.
- mrlonglong 6y agoBy Jove, you're absolutely correct! Farthings was indeed an unit of currency.