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Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors 6

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A friend sent me this. A couple of them made me smile, so I thought I'd share.

Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors

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. Elapsed 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. 365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer = 1 Lite year

8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling

9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon

10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz

11. Basic unit of laryngitis - 1 hoarsepower

12. Shortest distance between two jokes - a straight line

13. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake

14. 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone

15. 1 million bicycles = 1 megacycle

16. 365 bicycles = 1 unicycle

17. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds

18. 10 cards = 1 decacard

19. 52 cards = 1 deckacard

20. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton

21. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen

22. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche

23. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin

24. 10 rations = 1 decaration

25. 100 rations = 1 C-Ration

26. 2 monograms = 1 diagram

27. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms

28. 5 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = One I.V. League

Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg
 
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Therefore knee in groin = 2 bad teeth?

Talking of the family Joules:

In the league of imprecise measurements, calories and BTU, must figure quite prominently, since their value by definition varies with the temperature at which the measurement takes place.


The calorie also is equal to one, or 1000 calories depending which sort of professional uses it.

Watt is the use of energy unless it is applied over time to power something?

If there weren't enough ways to measure energy transferred or power, Refrigeration engineers devised a unit of cooling - the Ton - the power required to melt one short ton of ice in 24 hours - unlike the BTU or calorie, this would be reproducible, since the temperature is maintained at 0 deg Celsius (approximately).

These units may all be converted to Horsepower.


 
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And then there are:
[ul][li]The butcher of 2000 pounds of fish (or any other animal) = 1 killaton.[/li]
[li]Infusion of 2 Hydrogen atoms into a chicken egg = H[sub]2[/sub]Ovum.[/li]

[li]S : / (arc of spectral refraction of H[sub]2[/sub]O) = Sum where over the rainbow.[/li][li]3 valets in a men's room = 3 loo-men.[/li]

[li]Present value of 1 amphere * 1 volt ! = Watt Now ![/li]
[li]1 Indiana-born male parental unit = Hoosier Daddy[/li][/ul]




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That second one reminds me of what I thought was a clever brand of those waterless urinals: H[sub]2[/sub]Zero

Annihilannic.
 
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Santa:

Wow.... I can't even make a rational comment about the awesomeness of those... have a *.



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg
 
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margarita-drinkin mockingbird = tequila mockingbird

Skip,
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[glasses]Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![tongue][/sub]
 
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mscallisto said:
Clearly you're much older and wiser than me!
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don't know about that... Sam, what century is your birthday?
mscallisto said:
I thought hosen were something you kept your hose in.
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yep, in the 'unterhosen'... ;-)



Stella470pl,

like this one: Circumference of an apple/diameter of an apple = Apple Pie

now to go along the lines: 2 apples in a mixer = apple strudel (or sauce which ever is preferred)...


Santa,

funny as usual, #3 is my favorite there...



Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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Yes I agree about the wine but I enjoyed the dark beer better.

In 1966 I was just finishing a 3 1/2 year visit at Wasserkuppe a small radar site in the mountains about 100 km NE of Frankfort and about 150 km W of the Czech Republic.

The "Good old days"

Sam
 
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I enjoyed the dark beer
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Ah, I agree fully...

Andechs Doppelbock, makes the mouth water just thinking about it...
andechsdoppelbockdunkel.jpg


Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
 
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That looks excellent, the southern Germans make great beer. I'll look to see if it's sold in the U.S.

sam
 
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