At LANL in the weapons group, we had a unit of time called a shake that equals 10ns. I suppose that means two shakes of a lamb's tail is 20ns.
-Bob http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(time) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Brooke Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > Recently I've re-discovered the great comedy (actually he's a jester, > philosopher and poet) of George Carlin. It appears that each of his HBO > specials was better than the prior one. > > Back in 1978 his HBO special "George Carlin Again!" DVD contains the "What > Time is it?" monologue in chapter 5 that lasts about 14 min 25 seconds. It > contains dozens (maybe over a hundred?) time related words and also such > things as: > > "How about a jiffy or a flash? Which is quicker, a jiffy or a flash? I > think there are two flashes in a jiffy myself. But God knows how many > jiffies there are in two shakes of a lambs tail. But why did they use two > shakes of a lambs tail? What's wrong with the basic unit of measurement, one > shake of a lamb's tail? We can do our own arithmetic, thank you." > > He also talks about the "seven dirty words" that went to the Supreme Court > in chapter 7 and goes into each one and some additional words, so if these > offend you be forewarned. > > In his last HBO special of 2008 "It's bad for Ya" he address the Bill of > Privileges that's commonly called the Bill of Rights. > -- > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.prc68.com > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
