[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: dimensions in Potterverse

[Phil Vlasak]

"Sandra Collins" <sandra87b at yahoo.co.uk> said,
> This is one of those sense-defying quirks we have to live with in
> Britain. Any measurements to denote distance in a formal way
> (eg road signs, or signs put up by councils) have to be in miles
> or yards and feet. If they're not, we can make a complaint and
> they have to be changed by law. And cars have to measure
> distance in miles, and even though speedometer dials show
> mph and kmh, the mph has to be the dominant one.
> However, the idiots on tv and in the media only speak in metric
> terms for some barmy reason, so I always get confused when
> they talk about places being so-many-km from wherever. I don't
> have a feel for how far km are, or even metres for that matter, so
> when they talk about anything being so-many-metres high, or
> so-many-metres away, I get annoyed and have to put the kettle
> on! I just wish they could sort out what units we're supposed to
> be using in this country. Make it one or the other, but stop turning
> my brain upside down. And when they speak about how tall
> people are, in metres and cm, it means nothing to me. Why can't
> they do what the weather forecasters do so easily - they mention
> celsius and fahrenheit usually in the same breath, depending
> who's doing it. There, I've had my rant and I feel much better for it.
>
> Sandra (with a cup of tea now)

Now Phil replies,
Just this week the Who wants to tbe a Millionaire TV show had a question on
this subject.
In the US perfect eye sight is described as 20-20, so what are they in
metric?
 I knew a metre was about a yard so to guess the answer, I had to divide 20
feet by 3 and get 6.66, and one of the answers was 6-6 which was the correct
one.
 But my question is what do the Wizard World measure things in?
And since they have their own money why not have their own measuring system?
They could use objects that most in the WW would know like,
Hagrid  is about four GOF high.
That wand is exactly three scars long.
The castle grounds is roughly ten Quidditch  pitches square.

Phil who hopes Jo likes this idea.