Silly conversion question...

[imaninjadangit]

I can see counting your weight in kg, because it's only 2.2lbs...but...why on earth would anyone want to count in stones? I can see if you want to simplify it, but you still have to divide by 14 to really get the amount lost. Why not just use pounds?
I mean...is it kind of like telling time? I wouldn't say I have 66 minutes until I get off work. I would say an hour and 6 minutes.
And...did I just answer my own question? Wow.

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[amy1985]

As a foreigner who's lived in the UK and watched Brits for nearly two years now... don't question their idiosyncracies like that. That way lies madness. ... They just do.

(edit to add: and it's not quite as good as hours, because they tend not to say "a stone and a pound" like you'd say an hour and six minutes, they tend to say "a stone and a bit" or maybe "half a stone" or "almost half a stone". It can be very imprecise)