Wondering how many ounces are in a kilo, etc.

Have you ever had to go look up stuff in conversion tables? You know, like how many gallons are in a cubic foot, or how many ounces are in a kilogram, or how many millimeters are in an inch, or . . . . I think you know what I am talking about. In the type of work I do, I get into a lot of conversion ratios and formulae. Some of the conversion tables are easy to find and some you have to search for.


I thought that this morning, since there is so much disaster, death, pain, and suffering going on the last few days, that a little bit of humor might be in store to brighten up the day some. It just so happened that I got an email from a good friend and it listed some scientific conversions that I had never heard of and thought that you would like to read them. Some of them you have to think about to see the real connection between both sides of the equal sign.

Enjoy:


Scientific Conversions


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


2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton


3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope


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


5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram


6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong


7. 16.5 feet in theTwilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling


8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon


9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz


10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower


11. Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line


12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake


13. 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone


14. 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles


15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle


16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds


17. 52 cards = 1 decacards


18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton


19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen


20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche


21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin


22. 10 rations = 1 decoration


23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration


24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram


25. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms


26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League


27. 100 Senators = Not 1 decision

I especially like the last one, number 27.