Yes, Virginia, engineering conversions can be funny! A friend sent me this collection from crosswalk.com. A few of my favorites:
- Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter? Eskimo Pi
- 2,000 pounds of Chinese soup? Won Ton
- Half of a large intestine? 1 semicolon
- 2,000 mockingbirds? 2 kilomockingbirds
- 10 cards? 1 decacards
- 1 kilogram of falling figs? 1 Fig Newton
- 1 millionth of a fish? 1 microfiche
Slip a couple of these into your next talk and give your audience a giggle.
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