My recent entry referring to the cubit -- or the measurement by which Noah supposedly built his ark -- had several people commenting: "So how big is a cubit? You never said." Being the eternal student, and determined to learn at least one new thing every day, allow me to remedy that.
According to a whole lot of entries on the cubit, it is roughly the modern equivalent of 18 inches or half a yard. Wikipedia has some interesting info on this historical measurement.
Just don't try telling the guy at Lowe's or Home Depot how many cubits of materials you need.
Aw hell. I may have to do it now.
2 comments:
Before your very last line - I was JUST gonna say, now, you MUST ask for everything in CUBITs, just 'CUZ. I would so love that!
You KNOW it! Though I think it will be at Lowe's after what they did to my friend.
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