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- Article 1923 of eunet.jokes:
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- From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
- Newsgroups: eunet.jokes
- Subject: Real bizarre units
- Message-ID: <2038@solo9.cs.vu.nl>
- Date: 14 Feb 89 01:57:48 GMT
- References: <337@cui.UUCP> <150@kpdp.kpd.dk> <BJORNL.89Feb13095903@octopus.tds.kth.se>
- Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- [found elsewhere]
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- A kilometer is the distance a large cat can be shot out
- of a cannon packed with a kilogram of black powder. The fact that a
- 1000 meters = 1 kilometer is entirely coincidental. A kilogram was
- based roughly on how much cocaine you could by for ~$100K. The gram
- was a similar measure, based on the size of a paperclip.
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- 10**12 microphones = 1 megaphone
- 10**6 bicycles = 2 megacycles
- 500 millineries = 1 seminary
- 10 cards = 1 decacards
- 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
- 10** -6 fish = 1 microfiche
- 1 unit of suspense in a mystery novel = 1 whod unit
- 10**12 pins = 1 terrapin
- 10**-12 Boulevard = 1 Pico Boulevard (L.A.)
- 10**21 picolos = 1 gigolo
- 10 rations = 1 decoration
- 10 millipedes = 1 centipede
- 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
- 5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost
- 10 monologues = 5 dialogues
- = 1 decalogue
- 2 monograms = 1 diagram
- 8 nickles = 2 paradigms
- 2 snake eyes = 1 paradise
- 2 wharves = 1 paradox
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- "I love it |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
- when a plan comes together." |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart
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