KOOL~~ measurements:~~SMILE
IT IS CONTAGIOUS
Metric Conversions and Other Goofy Measures
* 1 millionth of a mouthwash? = 1 microScope.
* Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement? = 1
bananosecond.
* Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour?
= Knotfurlong,
* 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone? = 1 Rod Serling (yes, kids, a rod is
a measure).
* Half of a large intestine? = 1 semicolon.
* 1,000,000 aches? = 1 megahurtz,
* Basic unit of laryngitis? = 1 hoarsepower.
* Shortest distance between two jokes? = A straight line.
* 1 million-million microphones? = 1 megaphone.
* 14. 2 million bicycles? = 2 megacycles.
* 365.25 days? = 1 unicycle.
* 2000 mockingbirds? = 2 kilomockingbirds.
* 52 cards? = 1 decacards.
* 1 kilogram of falling figs? = 1 Fig Newton,
* 1000 milliliters of wet socks? = 1 literhosen.
* 10 rations? = 1 decoration.
* 100 rations? = 1 C-ration.
* 2 monograms? = 1 diagram.
* 4 nickels? = 2 paradigms.
* 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital? = 1 IV League
Measurements
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Re: Measurements
Yes, Studlover, I do believe the above joke wins you the "Andrew Award" for May. Congratulations 
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MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri May 05, 2006 8:35 am Yes, Studlover, I do believe the above joke wins you the "Andrew Award" for May. Congratulations![]()
I 've waited for years to win that award. I lost to Andrew last year and came in 2nd place.
Wonder if Riverwind concurs?
Studlover