And a millivangon would be what, the glove box? A decivanagon the
underseat storage? A nanovangon the ashtray?

A vanohm the unit of resistance in a headlight switch?

A vaniliter the amount of coolant dripped per parking spot?

Jim

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I stood next to a Fleetwood Bounder 38P -- the biggest damn RV I have
> ever seen, it's like standing next to a billboard -- I wondered how many
> Vanagons one could fit inside one of those beasts.
>
> Assume the Vanagon and the Bounder to be rectangular prisms with the
> following dimensions:
>
> Vanagon: 15' x 6'4'' x 6'1''
> Bounder 38P: 38'3'' x 12'10'' x 8'
>
> (Units are feet-inches.)
>
> Based on this, you can pour 6.8 Vanagons into one Bounder.
>
> I hereby propose the "Vanagon" as the standard unit of volume.
>
> For example: one Vanagon is about 16387 liters. So the 1.9l Vanagon
> engine shall henceforth be known as the 0.000115, or 115 microvanagon
> engine. By the same token, the 2.1l engine is now the 128 microvanagon
> engine.
>
> I will leave conversion of the fuel and oil capacities as an exercise
> for the student. And there'll be none of that tired old furlongs per
> fortnight silliness. �It was funny the first time. The first time was a
> long, long time ago.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>