Article 1923 of eunet.jokes: Path: santra!tut!draken!kth!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!maart From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) Newsgroups: eunet.jokes Subject: Real bizarre units Message-ID: 2038@solo9.cs.vu.nl Date: 14 Feb 89 01:57:48 GMT References: 337@cui.UUCP 150@kpdp.kpd.dk BJORNL.89Feb13095903@octopus.tds.kth.se Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Lines: 31
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A kilometer is the distance a large cat can be shot out of a cannon packed with a kilogram of black powder. The fact that a 1000 meters = 1 kilometer is entirely coincidental. A kilogram was based roughly on how much cocaine you could by for ~$100K. The gram was a similar measure, based on the size of a paperclip.
1012 microphones = 1 megaphone 106 bicycles = 2 megacycles 500 millineries = 1 seminary 10 cards = 1 decacards 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 10 -6 fish = 1 microfiche 1 unit of suspense in a mystery novel = 1 whod unit 1012 pins = 1 terrapin 10-12 Boulevard = 1 Pico Boulevard (L.A.) 1021 picolos = 1 gigolo 10 rations = 1 decoration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost 10 monologues = 5 dialogues
= 1 decalogue
2 monograms = 1 diagram 8 nickles = 2 paradigms 2 snake eyes = 1 paradise 2 wharves = 1 paradox – "I love it |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
when a plan comes together." |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart