[time-nuts] George Carlin "Time Words"

[Robert Darlington]

At LANL in the weapons group, we had a unit of time called a shake that
equals 10ns.  I suppose that means two shakes of a lamb's tail is 20ns.

-Bob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(time)


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Recently I've re-discovered the great comedy (actually he's a jester,
> philosopher and poet) of George Carlin.  It appears that each of his HBO
> specials was better than the prior one.
>
> Back in 1978 his HBO special "George Carlin Again!" DVD contains the "What
> Time is it?" monologue in chapter 5 that lasts about 14 min 25 seconds.  It
> contains dozens (maybe over a hundred?) time related words and also such
> things as:
>
> "How about a jiffy or a flash?  Which is quicker, a jiffy or a flash?  I
> think there are two flashes in a jiffy myself.  But God knows how many
> jiffies there are in two shakes of a lambs tail.  But why did they use two
> shakes of a lambs tail? What's wrong with the basic unit of measurement, one
> shake of a lamb's tail?  We can do our own arithmetic, thank you."
>
> He also talks about the "seven dirty words" that went to the Supreme Court
> in chapter 7 and goes into each one and some additional words, so if these
> offend you be forewarned.
>
> In his last HBO special of 2008 "It's bad for Ya" he address the Bill of
> Privileges that's commonly called the Bill of Rights.
> --
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.prc68.com
>
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