The last conversion is probably the closest to the truth! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
Strange Conversion Units For all who have difficulty converting units: Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong 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 = A straight line 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 1 million- microphones = 1 megaphone 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 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 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 AND.......100 Senators = Not 1 decision __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4529 (20091021) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
