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6th January 2011, 02:18 PM #1
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The Metric System
Despite never having adopted the metric system for
day-to-day use, Americans are familiar with the
basic units, like grams, kilograms, meters and
such. But when it comes to lesser known units
we're clueless. To help the educational process
along a bit ...
* 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
* Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its
diameter = Eskimo Pi
* 2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
* Time between slipping on a peel and smacking
the pavement = 1 bananosecond
* 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
* Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
* 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
* Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
* Shortest distance between two jokes =
1 straightline
* 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
* 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
* 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
* 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
* 52 cards = 1 decacards
* 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
* 1,000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
* 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
* 10 rations = 1 decoration
* 100 rations = 1 C-ration
* 4 nickels = 2 paradigms
* 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing
at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV LeagueAndrogens Order
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6th January 2011, 04:00 PM #2
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6th January 2011, 07:41 PM #3
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13th January 2011, 07:28 AM #4
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* Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
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24th January 2011, 03:29 PM #5rrich Guest
It went like this.
President Gerald R. Ford while trying to divert the country's attention from the scandal of Richard Nixon resigning as president decided to implement the metric system.
Where upon there was a quiet uprising of about 50% of the population. Quite simply put by SWMBO.
"I won't cook in metric."
Thus the metric system in the US died a quiet death.
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24th January 2011, 05:56 PM #6
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24th January 2011, 06:04 PM #7
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24th January 2011, 06:06 PM #8
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But not a baker's dozen easier? ;-}
Thanks Rodgera, that's a gem.Cheers, Ern
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