Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The warp and woof of space-time...

year (n): 365 days

light year (n): distance travelled by light in one year

speed of light (n): 3 hundred million meters per second

dog (n): an instantiation of canis familiaris

dog year (n): distance travelled by a dog in one year

speed of dog (n): 4 feet per animal

leap year (n): distance covered by a grasshopper in one year

goodyear (n): distance travelled by an automobile in one year

whole doggone year (n): distance a dog has gone, per dog year

dogear (n): distance covered by a dog so old he forgot y

miller light year (n): canonical post-divorce mourning period

light second (n): distance travelled by light in one second

slight second (n): a previously owned time interval

dog second (n): the amount of time since your dog last ate

factory second (n): the duration of your lunch break

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