Kenzy's Page of Unit Conversion Puns

Last updated on February 12, 2005 at 07:00 PST

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MEASUREMENT DESCRIPTIONUNIT EQUIVALENT
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameterEskimo Pi
2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital1 I.V. League
2000 pounds of Chinese soupWon ton
1 millionth of a mouthwash1 microscope
Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrierMach Turtle
Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hourKnot-furlong
365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling1 lite year
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone1 Rod Sterling
Half of a large intestine1 semicolon
1,000,000 aches1 megahurtz
Weight an evangelist carries with God1 billigram
Basic unit of laryngitis1 hoarsepower
Shortest distance between two jokesA straight-line
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavementbananosecond
A Half-Bath1 demijohn
453.6 graham crackers1 pound cake
Given the old adage "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," the first step of a one-mile journey1 Milwaukee
1 million million microphones1 megaphone
1 million bicycles2 megacycles
365.25 days1 unicycle
2,000 mockingbirdstwo kilomockingbirds
10 cards1 decacards
1 kilogram of falling figs1 Fig Newton
1000 grams of wet socks1 literhosen
1 millionth of a fish1 microfiche
1 trillion pins1 terrapin
1 million billion piccolos1 gigolo
10 rations1 decoration
100 rations1 C-ration
10 millipedes1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents1 decadent
10 monologs5 dialogs
5 dialogs1 decalog
2 monograms1 diagram
8 nickels2 paradigms
2 wharves1 paradox
100 SenatorsNot 1 decision

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