How Do You Measure Up?

Do you have difficulty converting measurements? The following list might not help you pass a mathematics exam, but it could register a few laughs on the humor gauge.


1 million microphones = 1 megaphone

1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles

365.25 days = 1 Unicycle

500 millinaries = 1 seminary

2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds

10 cards = 1 decacards

1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn

2.71828 grams of turd = 1 natural log

1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton

1000 grams of wet socks = 1 Liter Hosen

1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche

2000 British Troops in Ireland = 2 kilohenry

453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake

3.14159 dates with an Italian girl = 1 Pizanno

1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin

1 trillion grams of brown marijuana = 1 Terracotta pot

1 million billion picolos = 1 gigolo

10 rations = 1 decoration

100 rations = 1 C-ration

10 millipedes = 1 centipede

3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent

10 monologues = 5 dialogues

5 dialogues = 1 decalogue

2 monograms = 1 diagram

8 nickels = 2 paradigms

2 wharves = 1 paradox


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