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Mesopotamia gave us writing, specifically a form of writing called cuneiform, which was initially created not to, like, woo lovers or whatever, but to record transactions, like how many bushels of wheat were exchanged for how many goats.
record transactions like how many bushels of wheat were exchanged for how many goats.
Before I go, I borrowed some money to get several cakes of maple sugar, two bushels of wheat.
I borrowed some money to get several cakes of maple sugar, two bushels of wheat.
We go through over 20,000 bushels of grain every day.
We go through over 20,000 bushels of grain every day.
She picked bushels of basil plus a few ripe green peppers,
She picked bushels of basil plus a few ripe green peppers,
No, you look at the apartment house or the farm and you say, "I expected it to produce so many bushels of soybeans and corn,
I show up to work and there are two fucking bushels of roses on my desk.