[NicknamedBob]

"Now, moving quickly on to the rules of Cricket"

This from the people who gave us 5,280 feet per mile, 12 inches to the foot, and 3 feet to the yard, and furlongs, fortnights, and rods and fathoms.

Makes Fahrenheit degrees seem almost sensible.

[moose07]

This from the people who gave us 5,280 feet per mile, 12 inches to the foot, and 3 feet to the yard, and furlongs, fortnights, and rods and fathoms.

The Metric system hadn't been invented yet.
Had to get things done somehow whilst we where all waiting.
L,S,D was another classic.