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06/18/08 Grif.Net – New Terms of Measurement

06/18/08 Grif.Net – New Terms of Measurement

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 beverage because it’s less filling = 1
lite year

16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling

1/2 large intestine = 1 semicolon

1000 aches = 1 megahertz

Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram

Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower

Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line

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

1/2 bath = 1 demijohn

453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake

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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
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