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Handy Conversions

Started by RDTroja, Nov 27, 2002, 12:37

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RDTroja

I ran across a handy conversion chart and thought I would post it. Anybody got any to add?

Ratio of an igloo's diameter to circumference = Eskimo pi.

2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = won ton.

1 millionth of a bottle of mouthwash = 1 microscope.

Time between slipping on a peel and hitting the pavement = 1 bananosecond.

Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram.

Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mph = knot furlong.

16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 rod serling.

1 million aches = 1 megahurtz.

Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower.

Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line.

1 million million microphones = 1 megaphone.

2,000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds.

10 cards = 1 decacards.

1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton.

10 rations = 1 decoration.

100 rations = 1 C-ration.

2 monograms = 1 diagram

8 nickels = 2 paradigms.
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radgal

rdtroja,
Thanks for the laugh. ;D  I've never seen those.  I've printed it to pass along.
radgal

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a cause broken down to it's most elemental truth = 1 microcosm

2 cubes utilized in gaming = 1 paradise

2 practioners of the healing arts = paradox

2 bar licensees = paralegals

many vendor mishandlings in the bleachers = tier drops
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According to "The Effects of Drinking Too Much Beer,"

9 beers= Britney