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[Scaraban]

I also like the smoot and the hogshead, but no love for the Ohm (what is the keyboard entry for Omega? anyone?)? I am disappoint. The sheppey as well, because sheep are awesome. The helen, for its "history".

My favorite quote relating to measurementis this: "Jeez, it must be 52 degrees in here." "Yes it's chilly professor, but I'm more concerned with why you're using Fahrenheit in the lab." "We all feel in Fahrenheit."

[sonerohi]

Furlongs and hectares.

[Megaman]

Meters. The master measurement.

[Virex]

What about foot-pounds?

I'm more fond of pound-moles myself.

[Nikov]

Imperial. Try cutting a pie into tenths. You cut it in half, then sort of bullshit your way to tenths. Now try cutting another pie into eights. You cut it in half, then in half, then in half, then in half.Which is more practical for daily use, a base ten or a base four system?

After this, roman numerals. I learned how to do large-figure addition and subtraction with them. Its really easy.

[RedKing]

What about foot-pounds?

I'm more fond of pound-moles myself.

I believe that's also known as the "Whack-A-Mole" 

[JoshuaFH]

Poor Watt-hours, and KiloWatt-hours. Nobody ever remembers them.

Alot of people say watts when they mean Watt-hours, it's such a shame.

[PTTG??]

I like the Astronomical Unit.

Bah! The AU is nothing but a confusing, arbitrary, geocentric measure before the perfect rationality of the light-year.

*ignores the fact that "year" is an arbitrary, geocentric measure.*

[Leafsnail]

Imperial. Try cutting a pie into tenths. You cut it in half, then sort of bullshit your way to tenths. Now try cutting another pie into eights. You cut it in half, then in half, then in half, then in half.Which is more practical for daily use, a base ten or a base four system?

Ah yes, imperial, the system of measurements with such brilliant base 4 innovations as 14 pounds in a stone, 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, 5,760 grains to a Troy ounce etc.

I'm not sure when I'd be asked to cut a decipie anyway (I mean, if they wanted eighths, they could just ask for them).

[RedKing]

The obvious solution is to view the pie as a single unit which can only be expressed in integer form.

In other words, IT'S MY PIE! ALL MINE! GET YER OWN DAMN PIE!

This solution is valid in either the metric or Imperial system.

[Virex]

What about foot-pounds?

I'm more fond of pound-moles myself.

I believe that's also known as the "Whack-A-Mole" 

Responding to avoid getting dragged out of my house by the RSPCA because there really is a pound-mole

[Dr. D]

Another unit I like is the radian, since it is dimensionless. This means, that for certain online physics homework programs, you can multiply your units by radians to an insane number, and still get the correct answer!

[Silfurdreki]

I like the foe, a unit usually used to measure total energy output of supernovae. It's equal to 10⁵¹ ergs or 10⁴⁴ Joules.

Another good one is the barn (as in: you can't hit the side of a barn!), a unit used to measure cross-section. It's equal to 10^-28 m². Related units are the outhouse (10^-34 m²) and the shed (10^-52 m²)

I like the Astronomical Unit.

Bah! The AU is nothing but a confusing, arbitrary, geocentric measure before the perfect rationality of the light-year.

*ignores the fact that "year" is an arbitrary, geocentric measure.*

Parsec, my good man, parsec.

*ignores that the parsec assumes a 2 AU baseline, making it yet another arbitrary, geocentric unit*

Yeah... Measuring distances in space without using an arbitrary, geocentric unit is difficult.

[Darvi]

Planck units are the best! No arbitrary geocentrism involved here!

[Starver]

Planck units are the best! No arbitrary geocentrism involved here!

"Yes, officer.  I can vaguely describe the man who attacked me.  He was 2.87 Milliard Yotta Planck Lengths in height, his irises were predominantly 470nm in hue and overall I'd say that he was around 57 thousand Yamu.  The only thing I remember from before the incident was him saying mumbling something at about 45dB about 'bloody scientists, overcomplicating things'."