units for the layman -- the houseboat

It is so hard for the ordinary man to comprehend the vast distances between the planets, or even the heights of great buildings.  It would be so much easier if we were given distances in terms of something familiar to all of us:  the houseboat (hb).  How tall is the mighty Empire State Building?  That thing is an amazing 82 houseboats high!

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I like the houseboat measurement. The size, weight, etc. of it is universally known, so it is fitting for a new unit of measurement. For example, I am 3/4 of a houseboat tall (estimated), that park is 12 houseboats wide, and so on.