A Conversation for Units of Measurement
Humourous & silly units?
Uncle Ghengis Started conversation Mar 15, 2008
I'm sure that there are some humourous units too...
Like the Millihelen - notionally, the amount of beauty it takes to launch one ship.
But there must be more, right?
Humourous & silly units?
The H2G2 Editors Posted Mar 17, 2008
>>>Like the Millihelen - notionally, the amount of beauty it takes to launch one ship.
Humourous & silly units?
Uncle Ghengis Posted Mar 20, 2008
Ah yes. I#ve just thought of another one (albeit a derived one), that I have seen mentioned...
Attoparsecs per fortnight.
(What were they thinking? Seriously!!!)
Humourous & silly units?
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Nov 16, 2009
It's an interesting quiz question to ask what a milihelen is. Some people actually manage to work it out. My brother did.
TRiG.
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