[jicecone]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You mean, of course, the Bureau of Weights and Measures (or similar). The "pound" used to weigh pillows is not the same as the "pound" used to weigh gold.

"A pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold because feathers are weighed by avoirdupois weight, which has 16 ounces to a pound,while gold is always weighed by troy weight which only contains 12 ounces to a pound."

Cute.