ROFL & TRDC (tears running down cheeks) - Thanks Andy, I really needed a good laugh today! David V. Fansler Network Administrator AutoCyte, Inc. 336-222-9707 Ext. 261 dfansler@autocyte.com Now Showing! www.mindspring.com\~dfansler\ Updated July 13, 1999 -----Original Message----- From: Andy Kunz [mailto:support@MONTANADESIGN.COM] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:16 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [OT] Metric Conversions USEFUL METRIC CONVERSIONS 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 10 cards = 1 decacards 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 10 rations = 1 decoration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 10 monologs = 5 dialogues 2 monograms = 1 diagram 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 2 baby sitters = 1 gramma grampa ================================================================== Andy Kunz Life is what we do to prepare for Eternity ------------------------------------------------------------------ andy@rc-hydros.com http://www.rc-hydros.com - Race Boats andy@montanadesign.com http://www.montanadesign.com - Electronics ==================================================================