# New Weights & Measures
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weights-measures/43164
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 29, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weights-measures/43164 "2000-11-29T08:03:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weights-measures/43164/1 "2000-11-29T08:03:02Z")
The unit of measurement of laryngitis is
**1 hoarsepower**
The ratio of an igloo’s circumference to it’s diameter =
**Eskimo pi**
The time between slipping on a peel and hitting the pavement =
**1 bananasecond**
Half of a large intestine =
**1 semicolon**
2000 mockingbirds =
**2 kilo-mockingbirds**
Eight quarts of water diplaced by diver Greg Louganis =
**1 Gregory peck**
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### Author:  [@Pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2000, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weights-measures/43164/2 "2000-11-29T10:43:19Z")
In grade school, we would chant that it’s 20 quires to a ream and 20 reams to a queer. I have no idea what that means 😃
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weights-measures/43164/3 "2000-11-29T15:41:07Z")
1 degree of hearing loss =
**1 What?**
Each level of progression in meditation =
**1 Oooohhhhmmmm**
Unit of measure for treasure haul by Spanish pirates =
**Piles per Galleon**
Rankings for chain saw killers are determined by -
**Parts per Villain**
Expulsion of gas by office mate =
**1 Cubic Poot**
Out of fashion swing dance attire =
**1 Square Zoot**