Humorous Unit Conversions

by Geethalakshmi 2010-01-25 20:34:04

Humorous Unit Conversions


Here is a list of some mildly laughable unit conversions

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: Knot-furlong

365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling: 1 lite year

16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone: 1 Rod Serling

Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon

1000 aches: 1 megahurtz

Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower

Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line (think about it a moment)

453.6 graham crackers: 1 pound cake

2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds (work on it....)

10 cards: 1 decacards

1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen

1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche

10 rations: 1 decoration

100 rations: 1 C-ration

2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital: One I.V. League

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