A baby was born in South Africa.
The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn't have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby's weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital's chairman came up with an idea.
"Five miles west, there's a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you'll get should be pret…