From tom@laplaza.org Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:40:30 -0700 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:40:30 -0700 From: Tom Bruce tom@laplaza.org Subject: [Clang] Learning the Metric system USEFUL ENGLISH SYSTEM - conversions/units: * Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter ..... Eskimo Pi * 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital ........................... 1 I.V. League * 2000 pounds of Chinese soup............................ Won ton * 1 millionth mouthwash.................................. 1 microscope * Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier......... Mach Turtle * Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour............................................... Knot-furlong * 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling ..................................... 1 lite year * 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone......................... 1 Rod Sterling * Half of a large intestine.............................. 1 semicolon * 1000 aches............................................. 1 megahurtz * Weight an evangelist carries with God.................. 1 billigram * Basic unit of laryngitis............................... 1 hoarsepower * Shortest distance between two jokes.................... A straight line * Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement............................................... bananosecond * A Half-Bath............................................ 1 demijohn * 453.6 graham crackers.................................. 1 pound cake * Given the old adage "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," the first step of a one-mile journey....................................... 1 Milwaukee * 1 million microphones.................................. 1 megaphone * 1 million bicycles..................................... 2 megacycles * 365.25 days............................................ 1 unicycle * 2200 mockingbirds...................................... 2 kilomockingbirds * 10 cards............................................... 1 decacards * 1 kilogram of falling figs............................. 1 Fig Newton * 1000 grams of wet socks................................ 1 literhosen * 1 millionth of a fish.................................. 1 microfiche * 1 trillion pins........................................ 1 terrapin * 1 million billion piccolos............................. 1 gigolo * 10 rations............................................. 1 decoration * 100 rations............................................ 1 C-ration * 10 millipedes.......................................... 1 centipede * 3-1/3 tridents......................................... 1 decadent * 10 monologs............................................ 5 dialogs * 5 dialogs.............................................. 1 decalog * 2 monograms............................................ 1 diagram * 8 nickels.............................................. 2 paradigms * 2 wharves.............................................. 1 paradox * 100 Senators........................................... Not 1 decision