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Enoch Root wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
In article ,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:


A tad is one end of a tadpole, obviously. grin *ribbit*


A tad is equal to 4 smidgens.... everybody knows that!

A popular OS uses the "jiffy" as a unit of time.

N.B. The jiffy is an _officially_recognized_ and defined unit of measurement.


While we're at such silliness:

rate-of-change of acceleration is 'jerk'.
rate-of-change of jerk is 'snap'.
rate-of-change of 'snap' is 'crackle'.
rate-of-change of 'crackle' is 'pop'.

There is *no*truth* to the rumor that the next two derivatives a
'Rice', 'Crispies'


And, as everybody knows, a tortoise travelling at the speed of sound is:









wait for it








one Mach turtle








*groan*