[Here are a dozen modern terms for familiar =
measurements offered to the young millennials]
2000 =
pounds of Chinese soup =3D Won ton
1 =
millionth of a mouthwash =3D 1 microscope
Time =
between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement =3D 1 =
bananosecond
1 =
million bicycles =3D 2 megacycles
Time =
it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour =3D =
Knot-furlong
365.25 =
days of drinking diet soda =3D 1 lite year
16.5 =
feet in the Twilight Zone =3D 1 Rod Serling
Half =
of a large intestine =3D 1 semicolon
1000 =
aches =3D 1 kilohurtz
Basic =
energy unit of laryngitis =3D 1 hoarsepower
453.6 =
graham crackers =3D 1 pound cake
10 =
rations =3D 1 decoration
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Dr Bob Griffin =
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"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"