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Article 1923 of eunet.jokes:
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Path: santra!tut!draken!kth!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!maart
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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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Newsgroups: eunet.jokes
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Subject: Real bizarre units
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Message-ID: <2038@solo9.cs.vu.nl>
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Date: 14 Feb 89 01:57:48 GMT
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References: <337@cui.UUCP> <150@kpdp.kpd.dk> <BJORNL.89Feb13095903@octopus.tds.kth.se>
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Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Lines: 31
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[found elsewhere]
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A kilometer is the distance a large cat can be shot out
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of a cannon packed with a kilogram of black powder. The fact that a
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1000 meters = 1 kilometer is entirely coincidental. A kilogram was
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based roughly on how much cocaine you could by for ~$100K. The gram
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was a similar measure, based on the size of a paperclip.
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10**12 microphones = 1 megaphone
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10**6 bicycles = 2 megacycles
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500 millineries = 1 seminary
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10 cards = 1 decacards
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1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
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10** -6 fish = 1 microfiche
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1 unit of suspense in a mystery novel = 1 whod unit
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10**12 pins = 1 terrapin
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10**-12 Boulevard = 1 Pico Boulevard (L.A.)
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10**21 picolos = 1 gigolo
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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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5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost
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10 monologues = 5 dialogues
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= 1 decalogue
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2 monograms = 1 diagram
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8 nickles = 2 paradigms
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2 snake eyes = 1 paradise
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2 wharves = 1 paradox
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--
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"I love it |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
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when a plan comes together." |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart
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