Humour in science

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2005-03-02 06:14am

See how many "odd" measures you can spot in the table of conversion factors found at this link here.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-03-02 01:56pm

I found an "odd" error:

1 Newton = 0.102 00 kilograms

That's only valid where the gravitational accelleration is 9.8039

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-03-02 01:58pm

Dooey Jo wrote:I found an "odd" error:
1 Newton = 0.102 00 kilograms
That's only valid where the gravitational accelleration is 9.8039

That only comes into play if you're building off-world.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2005-03-02 09:16pm

I was sort of talking about these measures:

1 bananosecond = the time it takes between slipping on a peel and hitting the ground.

1 billigram = the weight an evangelist carries with God

1 C-ration = 100 rations

1 demijohn = 0.5 lavatories

There are others, buried here and there through the chart. You sort of have to look for them, but they're worth a smile.

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » 2005-03-02 09:19pm

1 microfiche = 1 millionth of a fish

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-03-02 09:29pm

1 IV league = 3 miles of intravenous tubing at Yale University Hospital.

1 rod serling = 25 links to the Twilight Zone

*snicker*

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-03-02 09:37pm

1 butt of water = 110 gallons

Hee hee... butt!

1 kilohurts = 1000 aches and pains

1 pentacost = 5 holocausts

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-03-02 10:01pm

1 semicolon = half of an intestine
1 seminary = 500 millinaries
1 sextarius = 0.99 pints
1 sextarius = 1 log
1 shekel (Babylonian) = 60 mina
1 shekel (Phoenician) = 50 mina
1 shekel = approximately 11.5 grams
1 heavy shekel = 1 sacred shekel
1 sacred shekel = 1 heavy shekel

LOL!

J · Post by J » 2005-03-02 11:02pm

1 hoarsepower = the basic unit of laryngitis
1 diagram = 2 monograms
2 kilomocking birds = 2000 mocking birds
1 lite year = 365 days of low alcohol beer
1 literhosen = 1000 cubic centimetres of wet socks
1 megacycle = 500,000 bicycles

There's more but I'll let you guys find the rest.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-03-03 01:02pm

Ehehehehee

1 fig Newton = 1 kilogram of falling figs.
1 straight line = the shortest distance between two jokes.
1 terrapin = 1 trillion pins
1 won ton = 1000kg of Chinese soup (short)

Though I insist that 1 paradigm would be four nickels instead of one.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2005-03-03 03:34pm

Patrick Degan wrote:I was sort of talking about these measures:

1 bananosecond = the time it takes between slipping on a peel and hitting the ground.

1 billigram = the weight an evangelist carries with God

1 C-ration = 100 rations

1 demijohn = 0.5 lavatories

There are others, buried here and there through the chart. You sort of have to look for them, but they're worth a smile.

I didn't see the 'neutrasecond' which is 'the split second of pleasure you get before the aftertaste of a diet soft drink sets in'