• Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Abacus? What is that?

        /me grabbing my dedicated pile of stones so I can throw one into ground for each individual sheep I see to make sure I didn’t lose any as counting wasn’t invented yet

        • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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          1 day ago

          Dedicated pile of stones? Why is that?

          /me carved tally marks on a cave wall. And slashing tallies on bones. I will call it tally sticks!