Obscure conversions...
Sep 18, 2019 16:05:41 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter=Eskimo pi.
2000 pounds of Chinese Soup=Won ton.
1 millionth of a mouthwash=1 micro-Scope.
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement=1 bananosecond.
Weight an evangelist carries with God=1 Billigram.
Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical miles per hour=knotfurlong.
365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer=1 Lite year.
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone=1 Rod Serling.
Half a large intestine=1 semi-colon.
1,000,000 aches=1 megahurtz.
Basic unit of laryngitis=1 hoarsepower.
2000 mockingbirds=two kilomockingbirds.
1 kilogram of falling figs=1 Fig Newton.
1000ccs of wet socks=1 literhosen.
8 nickels=2 paradigms.
2000 pounds of Chinese Soup=Won ton.
1 millionth of a mouthwash=1 micro-Scope.
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement=1 bananosecond.
Weight an evangelist carries with God=1 Billigram.
Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical miles per hour=knotfurlong.
365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer=1 Lite year.
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone=1 Rod Serling.
Half a large intestine=1 semi-colon.
1,000,000 aches=1 megahurtz.
Basic unit of laryngitis=1 hoarsepower.
2000 mockingbirds=two kilomockingbirds.
1 kilogram of falling figs=1 Fig Newton.
1000ccs of wet socks=1 literhosen.
8 nickels=2 paradigms.
Sep 18, 2019 17:36:39 #
Sep 19, 2019 05:58:58 #
Sep 19, 2019 11:04:11 #
slatten49 wrote:
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Thanks for all of those conversions.
Sep 19, 2019 11:06:47 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
bahmer wrote:
Thanks for all of those conversions.
One can only imagine how practical and useful they will be with the OPP crowd.
Sep 19, 2019 13:23:06 #
slatten49 wrote:
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter=... (show quote)
As an Engineer, I love these. We didn't learn these onversions in school. Thanks Slat.
Semper Fi
Sep 19, 2019 15:29:15 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
GmanTerry wrote:
As an Engineer, I love these. We didn't learn these conversions in school. Thanks Slat.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi
Damn, Marine, I didn't know you were an engineer
Wow, I'm even more impressed with you as a fellow Jarhead.
Sep 20, 2019 10:07:20 #
Sep 24, 2019 01:43:31 #
slatten49 wrote:
Damn, Marine, I didn't know you were an engineer
Wow, I'm even more impressed with you as a fellow Jarhead.
Wow, I'm even more impressed with you as a fellow Jarhead.
Hey, Slat, you gotta do what makes you happy and I admit, I'm a geek Marine.
Semper Fi, brother.
Sep 28, 2019 22:08:00 #
[quote=slatten49]Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter=Eskimo pi....
All outstanding. How about this one:
Q. How is the suspense measured in a crime story/novel?
A. Who'd unit
All outstanding. How about this one:
Q. How is the suspense measured in a crime story/novel?
A. Who'd unit
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