I'm slowly reading a very interesting book called The Measuring of America by Andro Linklater. In this early chapter, the author is talking about the inexactitude of measurement in the olden days. My favorite inexact measure so far is the French hupee, which is the distance a voice carries.
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"The Vacuuming of my Apartment"
"The Grouting of my Tub"
"The Clipping of my Toenails"
(yawn dislocates jaw)
Grout.
Grout grouch.
Kraut grout grouch.