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SOME HANDY ENGINEERING CONVERSIONS
- Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi.
- 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won Ton.
- 1 millionth of a mouthwash: 1 microscope.
- Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: 1 banana
- second.
- 1000 aches: 1 megahurtz.
- Basic Unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower.
- 100 Senators; Not 1 decision.
- 8 nickels; 2 paradigms.
- 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche.
- 1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen.
ACRONYM
A Contrived Reduction Of Nomenclature Yielding Mnemonics.
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