Tigers and 'Pines,
We are constantly looking for conversion factors, here in the colonies,
when faced with metric measurements, British Measurements (like 1/4 inch
Whitworth, Imperial Gallons, fortnights, and bonnets) that I have
collected an eclectic set of conversion factors for situations you may
face. I'll bet you didn't know our energy crises is caused by selling
energy sources in British Thermal Units!
Keep a copy in your wallet, in the event you need a quick answer.
Handy Conversion Factors, Validated by a Rocket Scientist
For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant
conversion from MKS or CGS units to English units, here are some other
useful quantity conversions:
1.) Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi
2.) 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton
3.) 1 millionth of a mouthwash: 1 microscope
4.) Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement:
1 bananosecond
5.) Weight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigram
6.) Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour:
Knot-furlong
7.) 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling: 1
lite year
8.) 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone: 1 Rod Serling
9.) Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon
10.) 1 million aches: 1 megahurtz
11.) Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower
12.) Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line
13.) 453.6 graham crackers: 1 pound cake
14.) 1 million-million microphones: 1 megaphone
15.) 1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles
16.) 365.25 days: 1 unicycle
17.) 2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds
18.) 10 cards: 1 decacards
19.) 1 kilogram of falling figs: 1 Fig Newton
20.) 1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen
21.) 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche
22.) 1 trillion pins: 1 terrapin
23.) 10 rations: 1 decoration
24.) 100 rations: 1 C-ration
25.) 2 monograms: 1 diagram
26.) 8 nickels: 2 paradigms
27.) 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital: 1 I.V. League
28.) 100 Senators: Not 1 decision
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