Cat Brules Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Units of Measure you may not have known about: 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 = Knotfurlong 7. 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 Lite year 8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling 9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon 10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz 11. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower 12. Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line 13. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 14. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton 15. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen 16. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms It's a new world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 2 posters of bad jokes = 1 wit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancocas Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 So, that makes one poster of bad jokes what? Saaaaay! Wait a minnit! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 :D I'm stealing thisn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Might wanna check the spelling on # 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 In #16, I think it takes eight nickles to make two paradigms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Might wanna check the spelling on # 8. I think it's a takeoff on Serling's name vs, "Pound Sterling," another unit of measure (UOM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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