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alnitak
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Obscure conversions...

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OBSCURE CONVERSIONS

From Seniorific News/Nov. 2016



· Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi

· 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton

· Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 banana second.

· Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram

· Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong

· 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 lite year

· 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling

· Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon

· 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz

· Basic unit of laryngitis – 1 hoarsepower

· 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds

· 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton

· 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen

· 8 nickles = 2 paradigms
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Shamefully, I admit to laughing out loud at a couple of those.
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"Shamefully, I admit to laughing out loud at a couple of those." +1 :D
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Me likey ! ;)


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Griff wrote:Shamefully, I admit to laughing out loud at a couple of those.
+1, But more than a couple..... "Eskimo Pi..Bwaahahahaaaa"
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Got quite the kick out of those! :lol: :lol:
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I'm still waiting for the Halloween Crayola collection:

Gan Green
Puking Pale
Bilge Brown
Melanoma Yellow
Infra Dead
Ultra Violent
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Good stuff! :D
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