[EM] Humor - Understanding the Metric System

[Donald E Davison]

     U N D E R S T A N D I N G   T H E   M E T R I C   S Y S T E M

            1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
            1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
         2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
           10 cards = 1 decacards (or is it 52 cards = 1 deck-a-cards?)
          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 nickles = 2 paradigms