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Tuesday, 16 November 1999 |
| 1 million microphones | = | 1 megaphone |
| 2000 mockingbirds | = | two kilomockingbirds |
| 10 cards | = | 1 decacards |
| 1 millionth of a fish | = | 1 microfiche |
| 453.6 graham crackers | = | 1 pound cake |
| 1 trillion pins | = | 1 terrapin |
| 10 rations | = | 1 decoration |
| 100 rations | = | 1 C-ration |
| 10 millipedes | = | 1 centipede |
| 3 1/3 tridents | = | 1 decadent |
| 2 monograms | = | 1 diagram |
| 8 nickels | = | 2 paradigms |
| 2 wharves | = | 1 paradox |
| 1 millihelen | = | The amount of beauty required to launch a single ship |
Ooops This is from the American Mathematical
Monthly which is produced by The
Mathematical Association of America. It is reprinted here without
permission, and with some minor modifications.
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