Strange Conversions


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 useful English system conversions.

  • 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton soup

  • 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope

  • Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon

  • 1000 aches = 1 megahurtz

  • 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone

  • 1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles

  • 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds

  • 10 cards = 1 decacards

  • 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche

  • 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin

  • 1 million billion picolos = 1 gigolo

  • 10 rations = 1 decoration

  • 100 rations = 1 C-ration

  • 10 millipedes = 1 centipede

  • 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent

  • 10 monologs = 5 dialogues

  • 5 dialogues = 1 decalogue

  • 2 monograms = 1 diagram

  • 8 nickels = 2 paradigms

  • 2 wharves = 1 paradox

  • 100 Senators = not 1 decision

  • Ratio of an igloo's circumference
    to its diameter = Eskimo Pi

  • Time between slipping on a peel
    and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond

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