Re: Handy Engineering Conversions

[Larry Cartwright <exit60@CABLESPEED.COM>]

One I haven't seen in any of the various versions of this prefix humor
which have been posted online and made the E-mail rounds:

100 ghosts?  1 hectoplasm, of course.

Also, here's a prefix usage you might be able to work into a class or
job some time:  a "megagumby mission" or "megagumby moment" is a
situation where the strategic planning is so inept that you have to be
incredibly flexible.  Courtesy of a US Marine friend.

Best wishes,

Larry

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Larry Cartwright   <exit60@cablespeed.com>
Retired (June 2001) Physics Teacher
Charlotte MI 48813 USA
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Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> > Engineering conversions
> >
> > 1.   Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter?   =Eskimo Pi
> > 2.   2000 pounds of Chinese soup?  Won ton
> > 3.   1 millionth of a mouthwash?  1 microscope
> > 4.   Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement?  1
> > bananosecond
> > 5.   Weight an evangelist carries with God?  1 billigram
> > ...