Someone on a bellringing list has asked whether anyone else has converted their personal weight into the format normally used to measure church bells, which is cwt-quarter-lb.

I think, using Wikipedia, that means that cwt is 112lb so a quarter is 28lb. Which makes me 1-3-19.

Some other bright spark has then suggested comparing that with the records of church bells at Dove’s Guide, which is searchable by weight of tenor bell.

It appears that there are 42 churches with bells hung for English-style ringing whose heaviest bell is lighter than me.

Of those 42 churches, the first 22 have incomplete records that list their heaviest bell as weighing 0lb.

Of the rest, some notable churches whose bells weigh less than me:

• Keele, Staffs
• Kinoulton, Notts
• Wormhill, Derbyshire
• St Matthew, Cambridge

You only need to know your weight in pounds or kilos to compare it to chuch bell weights on the guide, but even so, I really can’t see this one taking off as a blog meme.