irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square429fedilinkarrow-up1820arrow-down143
arrow-up1777arrow-down1imageEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square429fedilink
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoWell they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoIt’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoDivision is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.