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11 Sep
Metric Conversion Chart

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 13:27:01 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Metric Conversion Chart

Forwarded-by: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
            (forwards = 2 paraphrase)

   10**12 Microphones = 1 Megaphone
       10**6 bicycles = 2 megacycles
      500 millinaries = 1 seminary
    2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
             10 cards = 1 decacards
         1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
          10**-6 fish = 1 microfiche
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
          10**12 pins = 1 terrapin
       10**21 picolos = 1 gigolo
           10 rations = 1 decoration
          100 rations = 1 C-ration
        10 millipedes = 1 centipede
       3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
         5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost
          10 monologs = 5 dialogues
          5 dialogues = 1 decalogue
          2 monograms = 1 diagram
            8 nickles = 2 paradigms
         2 snake eyes = 1 paradise
            2 wharves = 1 paradox
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