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- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:26:11 -0700
At 9:47 AM -0400 9/18/02, Arthur J. Knapp wrote:
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We tried the metric system once, but it was a bit confusing:
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1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
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1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
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2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
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10 cards = 1 decacards
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1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
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1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
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453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
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10 rations = 1 decoration
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10 millipedes = 1 centipede
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3-1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
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10 monologs = 5 dialogues
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2 monograms = 1 diagram
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8 nickles = 2 paradigms
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from:
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<http://www.jokesandgames.com/archives/details.php?joke_pk=248&cat_pk=35>
You forgot the millihelen, the beauty necessary to launch a single ship.
Jon
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