EmbeddedTimer is a fun timer!

EmbeddedTimer.py

class EmbeddedTimer():
    def __init__(self):
        self.start = time()

    def stop(self):
        end = time()
        diff = end - self.start

        if 1 < diff:

            # Get the remainder:
            r = round(diff % 1, 2)
            diff = int(diff)

            if 0.7 <= r:
                return 'took a little under ' + str(diff + 1) + ' seconds'

            elif 0.4 <= r < 0.7: 
                return 'took just about ' + str(diff) + '-and-a-half seconds'

            elif 0.1 <= r < 0.4:
                if diff == 1:
                    return 'took a little over ' + str(diff) + ' second'

                else:
                    return 'took a little over ' + str(diff) + ' seconds'

            else:
                if diff == 1:
                    return 'took (near as makes no difference) ' + str(diff) + ' second'
                
                else:
                    return 'took (near as makes no difference) ' + str(diff) + ' seconds'

        elif 0.86 < diff <= 1:
            return 'took less than a second'

        elif 0.4 < diff <= 0.86:
            return 'was faster than a heartbeat' 

        elif 0.2 < diff <= 0.4:
            return 'was faster than the blink of an eye'

        elif 0.134 < diff <= 0.2:
            return 'was faster than it takes the brain to recognize emotion'

        elif 0.125 < diff <= 0.134:
            return 'was faster than light traveling around the Earth\'s equator.'

        elif 0.0625 < diff <= 0.125:
            return 'was faster than a 32nd note'

        elif 0.05 < diff <= 0.0625:
            return 'was faster than a 64th note'

        elif 0.033 < diff <= 0.05:
            return 'was faster than the gearchange of a Lamborghini® Aventador®'

        elif 0.0167 < diff <= 0.033:
            return 'was faster than a frame of a movie'

        elif 0.008 < diff <= 0.0167:
            return 'was faster than a Jiffy'

        elif 0.005 < diff <= 0.008:
            return 'was faster than a camera shutter'

        elif 0.0033 < diff <= 0.005:
            return 'was faster than a honeybee\'s wing flap'

        elif 0.001 < diff <= 0.0033:
            return 'was faster than the detonation of C4'

        elif diff <= 0.001:
            return 'was faster than a camera flash'