Hmmmm....what's that in REAL numbers? > ________________________________________ > > Subject: FW: Lesser Known Metric Units > > > > Despite never having adopted the metric system for day to day life, Americans > are familiar with the basic units, like grams (especially kilograms), meters > and such. But when it comes to lesser known units, they're clueless, so we > thought we'd help the educational process along a bit. > > · 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope > · Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi > · 2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton > · 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 = 1 straight line > · 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake > · 1 million-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 FigNewton > · 1,000 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 good decision > > > NOTE TO ALL: If you forward this email, please delete the forwarding history, > which includes my email address! It is a courtesy to me and others who may > not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world or used by > unknown third parties. > THANK YOU! > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started.