[RCSE] Conversions

["KING,LYNN (A-LakeStevens,ex1)" <lynn_king@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some not so useful conversions to help your day.
Useful English System Conversion Units


Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi 
2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital: 1 I.V. League 
2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton 
1 millionth mouthwash: 1 microscope 
Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier: Mach Turtle 
Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour: Knot furlong 
365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer because it's less filling: 1 lite
year 
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone: 1 Rod Sterling 
Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon 
1000 aches: 1 megahertz 
Weight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigram 
Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 horsepower 
Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line 
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: bananosecond 
A half bath: 1 demijohn 
453.6 graham crackers: 1 pound cake 
Given the old adage "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step," the first step of a one-mile journey: 1 Milwaukee 
1 million microphones: 1 megaphone 
1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles 
365.25 days: 1 unicycle 
2200 mockingbirds: two kilo mockingbirds 
10 cards: 1 decacards 
1 kilogram of falling figs: 1 Fig Newton 
1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen 
1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche 
1 trillion pins: 1 terrapin 
1 million billion piccolos: 1 gigolo 
10 rations: 1 decoration 
100 rations: 1 C-ration 
10 millipedes: 1 centipede 
3 1/3 tridents: 1 decadent 
10 monologues: 5 dialogs 
5 dialogs: 1 decalog 
2 monograms: 1 diagram 
8 nickels: 2 paradigms 
2 wharves: 1 paradox 
100 Senators: Not 1 decision 

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