I am such a "blonde" sometimes!

So I watch a variety of television shows and movies.  Which happen to mostly lean towards Sci-Fi.  Aaaaaaannndddd quite a few of those, um, shows/movies star British persons...or take place "across the pond".   Wow that was bad...why did I say that. Moving on.  I've heard terms that I don't know *ahem* WTF is a nappie??? but I can usually figure them out fairly quickly.  If not I have a handy dandy iPhone and I google it...FYI it is a diaper. 

Anyway over the course of time I've heard characters say things like "oh you lost a stone" or "I could stand to gain stone" or "that's at least 10 stones".  And I swear in my head I am 100% picturing a freaking rock.  But like a fancy rock...something sparkly...and possibly expensive.  Not once did my brain tell me that I should probably clarify what this is.  So here I am thinking this is some sort of monetary slag (stop laughing).  As in I could stand to gain $1,000.  The thing is I know I've read the term quite frequently recently and I guess I just glazed over it.

Today I was reading "A Feast of Crows" (**SPOILER - I guess, maybe**) and they are describing the Kingsmoot.  One of the persons vying for the crown is being carried up the steps on a cushion and Aeron thinks something along the lines of  "he is at least 20 stone".  At this point my brain registered that 20 stone was probably not a monetary reference.  So I googled it and now I feel like a dumbass.  Apparently a stone is a form of weight measurement.  Mainly used by British (I think).  A stone is equivalent to 14 pounds.  It is used along with pounds to measure weight.  So if you weighed 114 pounds you are 8 Stone 2.   Don't judge me, I am American and as cultured as I am, I somehow have not been exposed to this form of measurement.  In hind sight it is very clear that a stone is referring to weight but at the time...oh hush! 

Now it makes SOOOOOOO much more sense...the concern when one character told the other "oh *sad face* you look like you've lost a stone *caresses cheek*".  She looks like she lost 14 pounds!!! That is a lot for an already small person!  She could now blow away in the wind and I dunno, get stuck in a parallel universe.  Sorry...not sorry.

So there you have it.  My blonde moment of the week or of the day...it has been a rough few weeks.