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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 08:28 PM
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converting weights and measures

In a global economy, sometimes we all need a bit of help converting weights and measures around the world. Here are some handy hints: <br><br>The ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi <br><br>2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton <br><br>1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope <br><br>Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong <br><br>16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling <br><br>Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon <br><br>1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz <br><br>Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line <br><br>2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles <br><br>and finally.(are you ready?) <br><br>2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds<br><br>
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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 08:31 PM
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Don't stop now,......you're on a roll. <br><br>This has been a very entertaining day.....thanks Dave. 8) ;D
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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 09:07 PM
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A few more:<br><br>1,000,000,000,000 Microphones = 1 Megaphone <br>104 cards = 2 decacards <br>0.000001 fish = 1 microfiche<br>453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake <br>1,000,000,000,000 pins = 1 terrapin <br>1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 picolos = 1 gigolo <br>10 rations = 1 decoration<br>100 rations = 1 C-ration<br>10 millipedes = 1 centipede <br>5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost <br>8 nickels = 2 paradigms <br>2 snake eyes = 1 paradise <br><br>365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 lite year <br>Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram <br>Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower <br>Shortest distance between two jokes A straight line <br><br>Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond <br> <br>1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton <br>1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche <br>
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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 09:15 PM
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 10:41 AM
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 10:50 AM
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