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.
rdtroja,
Thanks for the laugh. ;D I've never seen those. I've printed it to pass along.
radgal
Pretty funny stuff!
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
According to "The Effects of Drinking Too Much Beer,"
9 beers= Britney