[andyd]

Yes, at this point in time, I honestly have nothing better to be doing

[andy_e]

We should describe the height of problems using archaic and/or unique measurements. "That problem is 43 hands high," "A furlong after the bridge a gate will be visible, go up through this to reach another style fourteen decimpedas further on."

[tommytwotone]

A stone's throw...hmmm. Who's throwing this here stone then?

I'm assuming if it's Malc then it'd get there - not if it was yours truly though!

Would "a country mile" be more representative? 

[tomtom]

I think we should measure the height of problems with 'Hobbits'

[SA Chris]

Is that a stone's throw as the crow flies?

[Wood FT]

I think we should measure the height of problems with 'Hobbits'

Lee and Rob would have their work cut out

[moose]

In which direction: larboard, starboard, leeside, windward, or abaft?

[mrjonathanr]

I respectfully propose that all grit routes and highballs be measured in ells  excepting sit starts which would more helpfully be measured in shaftments.

[tomtom]

The study of Grit problems should of course be called "scrittleology" and for limestone "waste of time"

[moose]

I think "Tom Cox's Traverse" would be a great name for a boulder problem.  It's a naval saying describing work done by a man who bustles about to hide that he's doing nothing (going down one hatchway, traversing the ship, and reappearing out of another hatch).  The maritime equivalent of walking around an office with a determined expression, clutching a piece of paper and pretending that you're delivering an urgent message or have some photocopying to do.   

[andy_e]

Or having the program I use on one screen and UKB on the other...

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

In which direction: larboard, starboard, leeside, windward, or abaft?

Widdershins.

[andyd]

Has Noel Fielding hacked all of your accounts? I'm loving the randomness of this...

[SA Chris]

I think "Tom Cox's Traverse" would be a great name for a boulder problem.  It's a naval saying describing work done by a man who bustles about to hide that he's doing nothing (going down one hatchway, traversing the ship, and reappearing out of another hatch).  The maritime equivalent of walking around an office with a determined expression, clutching a piece of paper and pretending that you're delivering an urgent message or have some photocopying to do.   

Going slightly astray, I think Jim Crow ( old laws regarding black and white segregation) would be a good name for a problem with dark ad light bits of rock.

[tommytwotone]

A stone's throw...hmmm. Who's throwing this here stone then?

I'm assuming if it's Malc then it'd get there - not if it was yours truly though!

Would "a country mile" be more representative? 

The unbelievably-pompous head of a London firm, where I spent too many years, could barely construct a sentence, especially one requiring a metaphor, without reference to the "country mile". More than a decade later, hearing the phrase still causes me actual physical pain ...

Used to work with a guy who was no stranger to the business metaphor, but appeared to unknowingly mix them with unintentional amusing malapropism results.

My particular favourite was describing an unrelated and at the time complex project as a "different kettle of worms".

[SA Chris]

My boss once came out with "laying all your eggs out on the table" and "you scratch your back and I'll scratch mine". You couldn't make it up.

[andy_e]

[andyd]

Mixing metaphors winds me up, however my favourite, and one I use a lot is from trailer park boys...get two birds stoned at once.

[magpie]

A stone's throw...hmmm. Who's throwing this here stone then?

Not me, unless 'a stones's throw' is about 6 inches in front of my feet, or 3 feet behind me depending on my aim that day. 

[andyd]

Well the voting is in amidst a world of randomness.
From this, we can say to the promoters of 'that new wall in Notts' that we don't really think they're a stone's throw from the peak, but we'll humour their advert, safe in the knowledge that they don't think it is either.

Oh, and 10% of the climbing community (or everyone that owns solutions) are pissed off that they've broken.

(I know that this is flawed math's)

[Stubbs]

42 mins on Google Maps, if you've come up from London to the Peak as a lot of folks  seem to it's dead handy for a wet Sunday when you're not ready drive home.  I guess the distance of the throw is relative to the size of the man and size of the stone...

[andyd]

Are you telling me that google maps are better than Apple maps? I think you're alone there!

[SA Chris]

how many square cubits of climbing area do they have anyway?

[Muenchener]

how many square cubits of climbing area do they have anyway?

And do they have any of those "midge's dick" holds that people used to be claim to be able to pull on?

Haven't heard that phrase for a long time. Although "gnat's prick" sounds more Shakespearian to me.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

A stone's throw...hmmm. Who's throwing this here stone then?

Trev Ooshay!