Who are these people who don't know how many pounds are in a stone?

[larabell]

And what's more, why don't they look at the responses to the other 11,242 people who seem to not know either?

[incitatus]

Would it be very naughty of me to suggest that they are the american electorate?

[andy hughes]

People of a 'certain age' know how many pounds are in a stone, but may struggle with the 'new' metric measurements which are taught now, and second nature to the generation who have grown up with them. As quiz show hosts always say, there are no 'easy' or 'hard' questions - just ones you know, and ones you don't. For the ones you don't - The Answerbank is here, and is patient with questioners who may be new Users, and have not seen previous answers.

[MistyLady]

It does seem to be a long-winded way of finding out. Surely it would be easier to look in the back of a diary which shows all manner of metric/imperial conversion.

[incitatus]

for those of us organised enough to have a diary. Mine normally ends up left on a train by Jan 3rd.

[larabell]

incitatus, have you previously been kidnapped and tortured by Americans? Perhaps a gang gathered together and force fed you Mc Donalds and mae you watch countless episodes of Baywatch? Have you thought of picking on the Germans for once? What about the Aussies? andy hughes, my point is that this is one of the most commonly asked questions and I wondered if there was some reason it keeps coming up, especially when it's posted several times on the same page.

[andy hughes]

Fair comment Larabell - although experience shows that even though a question is on the site several times, people don't check the answers before asking it again. As to why some questions recur again and again, I don't have the answer to that one - and it is a common phenomena, as regular AB visitors will testify, mystery to me, anyone any ideas?

[incitatus]

Kidnapped, no. Tortured, yes....the dukes of hazzard, baywatch, starsky and hutch....need I say more.
Also the germans are largely self satirising and the australian cultural attrocities are thankfully on too early in the evening for me to catch.
I just have a problem with authority figures.
Personally I believe that the pounds in a stone thing is a code word between sinister groups of people plotting the downfall of the free world. You know, Microsoft, that kind of person.

[Waterwolf]

Interesting as well that there are all these people wanting to know how many pounds there are in a stone -- but not one asking how many ounces in a pound, for instance.

[larabell]

Exactly, waterwolf! It does seem like a lot of trouble to go through to ask this question (registering on answerbank, etc).