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| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
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| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
639.0. "new measurements" by COOKIE::DEVINE (Bob Devine, CXN) Thu Mar 16 1989 19:20
You've heard of the metric system? Well, here are some
lesser known measurements... (source unknown)
10**12 microphones = 1 megaphone
10**12 pins = 1 terrapin
10**-12 boulevards = 1 pico-boulevard
10**21 piccolos = 1 gigolo
10 rations = 1 decoration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
1 centipede/second = 1 velocipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
5 holocausts = 1 Pentecost
10**6 bicycles = 2 megacycles
10**9 micrometers = 1 kilometer
= 200 pentameters
10 monologues = 5 dialogues
= 1 decalogue
10^-3 ink machines = 1 millink machine
10^12 bulls = 1 terabull
10^-18 boys = atto boy
10 dence = decadence
10 decor = 1 hector
10^-3 on = 1 million
2 homosexuals = 1 bisexual?
10^-12 boos = 1 picoboo
10^-9 goats = 1 nanogoat
2 x 10^3 mockingbirds = 2 kilo mockingbird
10^-9 Nanettes = 1 nanoNanette
10 halls with boughs of holly = decahalls with etc.
10**-5 dollars = 1 Millicent
1 milli-Helen = the amount of beauty required to launch 1 ship.
nano-nano = a prefix designating 10**18
1000 Kowalskis = 1 Kilokowalski ("Killer" Kowalski was a well-known
professional "wrestler" about 20 years ago.)
2*10**3 millinaries = 4 seminaries
= 1 binary (The enlightenment generated by a
"seminary" is measured in "luminaries".)
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