Strange Conversions For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant conversion from MKS or CGS units to English units, here are some useful English system conversions. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton soup 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon 1000 aches = 1 megahurtz 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 10 cards = 1 decacards 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 1 million billion picolos = 1 gigolo 10 rations = 1 decoration 100 rations = 1 C-ration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 10 monologs = 5 dialogues 5 dialogues = 1 decalogue 2 monograms = 1 diagram 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 2 wharves = 1 paradox 100 Senators = not 1 decision Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond [author and source unknown] Home / Humor and Whimsy