And here they are! Lesser known metric units :
tango-tee
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Thu May-20-10 01:19 PM
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And here they are! Lesser known metric units : |
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- time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond - weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billygram - 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 - 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone - 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles - 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 fig newton - 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche - 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League
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Thu May-20-10 01:27 PM
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Thats pretty good. I really like the bananosecond. We work in metric in the lab of course...I will have to share that. :)
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Thu May-20-10 01:33 PM
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I had to LOL, too, when I friend sent those to me.
Loved the billygram, especially.
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Thu May-20-10 01:34 PM
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3. What is this metric system of which you speak? |
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And what kind of ciphering do ya have to do to convert it to rods, bushels, and hogsheads?
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Thu May-20-10 01:48 PM
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To convert anything ya got into hogsheads, just use:
(1/2) d{x2(t) + y2(t) + 2} / dt = - {x2(t) + y2(t) + 2} + b <(r + )/2>2
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