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lucy-list-digest        Tuesday, June 26 2001        Volume 03 : Number 135



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[lucy-list] Math humor

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 01:40:50 EDT
From: Togg4@gateway.net
Subject: [lucy-list] Math humor

Hi Lucy-list people.

Although I am a Lucy fan, I had not gotten around to joining the list.  Today
I found something to motivate me.  I was looking for metric conversion charts
and came across this.  I immediately thought of Irving Kaplansky, the dad of
Lucy.  Does Lucy read the list?  If not, can someone with her email address
forward this to her.  It may be very old, well known humor in math circles,
but you never know.  Maybe he hasn't read these yet.

1012 microphones = 1 megaphone

106 bicycles = 2 megacycles

500 millinaries = 1 seminary

2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds

10 cards = 1 decacards

1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 1

0/6 fish = 1 microfiche

454 graham crackers = 1 pound cake

1012 pins = 1 terrapin

1021 picolos = 109 los = 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 snake eyes = 1 paradise

2 wharves = 1 paradox

10/6 phones = 1 microphone

106 phones = 1 megaphone

10/2 mental = 1 centimental

10/1 mate = 1 decimate

1012 bulls = 1 terabull

10/12 boos = 1 picoboo

10/15 bismol = 1 femtobismol

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