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Ditter43 02-16-2013 02:16 PM

Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors....funnies.....
 
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. 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. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds

14. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton

15. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen

16. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms

Tartan 02-16-2013 02:57 PM

.:thumbup:

QuiltnNan 02-16-2013 04:30 PM

these are really funny!

dakotamaid 02-16-2013 04:41 PM

Good ones, made me laugh and my hubby chuckle!! :)

Grandma Bonnie 02-16-2013 05:04 PM

Thanks, Ditter! Those are very funny and I'd never seen them before! Laughed out loud!

redhotnana 02-16-2013 05:08 PM

So cute! I got a good chuckle!

MaryStoaks 02-16-2013 05:19 PM

Thanks Ditter!:thumbup:

quiltsRfun 02-16-2013 05:34 PM

Thanks for today's chuckle.

Mimiqwerty 02-17-2013 08:56 AM

Thanks for my morning laugh, Ditter. These are wonderful! I must share with my engineer DH--his brain works like that lol.

QuiltMom2 02-17-2013 09:04 AM

So glad you're back and hope you are feeling well!


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