Humorous units of measurement.

January 28, 2008 in Blog | No comments

Wikipedia’s list of humorous units of measurement.

Sheppey

A measure of distance equal to about 7/8 of a mile, defined as the closest distance at which sheep remain picturesque.

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Donkeypower

This facetious engineering unit is defined as about a third of a horsepower (i.e., 250 watts).