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Football Pitch: A unit used to describe physical dimensions. (The machine currently tunneling under London is 1 fp long.)
VW: used to describe weight and/or physical size. (The shells fired by the USS Missouri weighed 2.5 VWs)
Busses: unit of weight.
Double-decker busses: unit of weight used in the UK= 1.5 Busses. (The machine currently tunnelling under London will shift 88,000 double decker buses of earth)
Double-decker busses: unit of dimension used in the UK. (The hole being drilled by the machine tunneling under London will be two double decker buses high)
Hiroshimas: unit of energy
Everests: unit of height or depth
Niagra Falls: unit of Volume
Sydney Harbours (or Sydharbs): unit of volume (Aus only)
HumanHairs: unit of measurement used for very small lengths
Great Depression: Unit of fall(stock market only)
full stop (or period in US): unit of size.
Since The Dinosaurs: very large unit of time measurement
Olympic Pools: measure of water volume
a Touch: a really really small unit.

Date: 5 Sep 2002 22:22 (UTC)

Date: 6 Sep 2002 00:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
I've added A Touch, but I've never heard of an RCH

Date: 6 Sep 2002 07:11 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tatterdemalion.livejournal.com
LOL

Batty would never use that, he'd blush ALL the time

Niagara Falls

Date: 6 Sep 2002 08:04 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] blaisepascal
Is Niagara Falls a unit of volume or a unit of flow?

Date: 6 Sep 2002 21:38 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
oh jeez yeah

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