For years Americans have found the metric system difficult to deal with. Here are some conversion factors that may simplify things:

1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
2000 mockingbirds = 2 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

Stan Liebenberg
Gig Harbor, WA

[ As Read on Car Talk ]