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Imperial Thongs were created to bring
accuracy to the process of pacing out a
measurement on the ground. They have
been designed to be exactly twelve inches
in length, because I know nothing of, nor
care less, about anything metric.
To measure a floor, you simply slip into
your thongs,
zero the pacer counter at the
front, and begin walking, placing your
steps heel to toe. As the little analogue
counter clicks up a foot measure each
time you step down, there is no need to
worry about losing count. The thongs are
also hinged across the centre for ease of
movement.
At the end of your journey you simply read
off the number of steps taken, and add on
any extra inches required to make an
exact measurement by sliding one thong
alongside the other and reading the
difference.
Check illustration on link for greater
clarity (only one shown - too lazy to draw
the other one)
Imperial Thongs
https://sodabred.tu...a-halfbaked-idea-by
Imperial Thongs [xenzag, Jun 15 2006, last modified Apr 28 2019]
(??) Thongs
Also, thongs are un...for is 'flipflops'
Feet ware [xenzag, May 27 2019]
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I am unlucky enough to have feet
measuring exactly a foot long apiece (They
trip me up, cost a lot to shoe, make it a lot
harder to try out new sports (eg
snowboarding) and are generally rather
annoying) - although for measurment
purposes they are quite handy.
I'm
afraid these wouldn't fit me - but it
doesn't matter anyway. |
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I have small feet - barely eight inches, so
they're perfect for me -
you'll have to settle for metric thongs
(which just don't sound as good, do they?)
to get the essential counting gauge. |
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I was also thinking thong a la g-string, which seemed like a clever mechanism for measuring how many times you crossed your legs over each other. Simply measure your feet and multiply, and you're set. |
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Also: what happens if your feet are longer than a foot? Uncommon, but not impossible. |
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//what happens if your feet are longer
than a foot?// - you go metric like Fridge
Duck....try to keep up ! [Turbofrog] |
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[Turbofrog], so some kind of a combination of ankle shackles as a step length limiter, a thong, and a pedometer? A thongometer? |
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Aren't men's size 11 shoes exactly twelve inches long? I know my size 12s are all thirteen inches. |
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[GB]see above - you get to join Fridge
Duck and go metric as you can't wear an
Imperial Thong like I can. Not all men have
big feet and not all shoes are made for
men.... sexist assumption on your part. |
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I would be very entertained to see my wife wearing shoes with soles as big as men's elevens. She wears eights. Or even better, my adult daughter, who wears size five. |
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My point was just that you have reinvented the men's size eleven flip-flop. |
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The Emperor has no clothes! Oh wait.. I
guess he does have something on. |
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A toe spread is always required when donning a thong. |
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Updated illustration - (last link) |
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Or what about a notch/triangle on the instep of each shoe? Like have a triangle outward from the big toe and a cut-out near the heel. Then you could fit them into each other as you walk to measure the distance and keep in a straight line. Also, they could be sold as 12 inch in the US or have a 10cm (20? how big is a cm?) guide for the rest of the world. |
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30 cm is just about the same as 1 ft. |
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"A metre's just a little/ longer than a yard,/ that's not very haaaard/ yeah!" |
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The mark of a successful jingle is both longevity through time, and remembered reference to the actual product, in this case Canada's CBC commercials for the early 1970s crossover from imperial to metric. |
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Also, thongs are underwear, or speedy-type swimsuits. The word you're looking for is 'flipflops'. |
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[unhelpful_fool] I can see how your triangles, tiling across the floor, is a clever adaption but the change has also has made this idea, in my opinion, more specific. This can be good or bad depending on the imagined measuring task a foot. |
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//Also, thongs are underwear, or speedy-type
swimsuits. The word you're looking for is
'flipflops'// I know exactly the word I was looking
for and that word is 'thongs'. 'Flip-flops' is an
American term. See link to look and learn :-) |
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