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A new way of measuring?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66994957.amp
And green-fingered Vincent Sjodin from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, has certainly earned that nickname, having just grown the world's heaviest cucumber.
Measuring 4ft (1.2m) long, it weighed in at a whopping 29lb 8oz (13.4kg) - equivalent to an average mountain bike - at last month's UK National Giant Vegetables Championships.
equivalent to an average mountain bike – at last month’s UK National Giant Vegetables Championships
Seems an odd place to have enough mtbs for that average figure to be of use.
My bike weighs more than my cucumber seems at the same time like a pretty lame boast, and the weirdest double entendre
If you have a big enough cucumber, you could ride it like a bike
Oo-err
So now I can brag that my bike weighs the same as a cucumber?
Only if it’s average.
To be fair, I'm impressed that they've written a statement like
(13.4kg) – equivalent to an average mountain bike
And actually used a figure that really is about right for an average mountain bike!
And actually used a figure that really is about right for an average mountain bike!
"Hey ChatGPT, what common object weighs around 13.4kg that I can use to compare this giant cucumber to in my newspaper article?"
What's that in football pitches, or double decker busses, or fractions of the size of Wales? How many end to end would reach the Moon?
How many end to end would reach the Moon?
315,250,000.
Yes, I am sad. And bored.