Hummingbird604.com » strange http://hummingbird604.com The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Strange measurement units http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/29/strange-measurement-units/ http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/29/strange-measurement-units/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:51 +0000 Raul http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1589
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    • ]]>     While I was finding out some information on the Big Mac Index for my post on a comparison of costs of coffee in Canada and Mexico, I found a list of humorous units of measurement (on Wikipedia, of course!).

    Of special note, the milli-Hellen (the amount of beauty that would launch a boat). I wonder what other funny measurements we could create. I would say that the DrunkenRaulMeasurement unit is equal to about three beers :) — any thoughts?

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