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tennhound
Wed Aug 10, 2005, 12:25 PM
> > How come wrong numbers are never busy?
> > Do people in Australia call the rest of the world "up over"?
> > Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip"
> > Can a stupid person be a smart-ass?
> > Does killing time damage eternity?
> > Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
> > Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
> > Why is it those nightfall's but daybreaks?
> > Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
> > Why is it that when you are driving and looking for an address,
> > you turn down the volume on the radio?
> > Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing
> > liquid made with real lemons?
> > Are part-time band leaders semiconductors?
> > Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?
> > Daylight savings time-why are they saving it and where do they
> > keep it?
> > Did Noah keep his bees in archives?
> > Do jellyfish get gas from eating jellybeans?
> > Do pilots take crash courses?
> > Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?
> > Have you ever seen a toad on a toad stool?
> > How can there be self-help "groups"?
> > How do you get off a nonstop flight?
> > How do you write zero in Roman numerals?
> > How many weeks are there in a light year?
> > If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, can he still hear his
> > Walkman?
> > If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?
> > If blind people wear dark glasses, why don't deaf people wear
> > earmuffs?
> > If tin whistles are made out of tin, what do they make fog horns
> > out of?
> > If you can't drink and drive, why do bars have parking lots?
> > If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?
> > If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several
> > times, does he become disoriented?
> > Why do the signs that say "Slow Children" have a picture of a
> > running child?
> > Why do they call it "chili" if it's hot?
> > Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game," when we are
> > already there?
> > Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Littlefish
Sat Aug 13, 2005, 04:15 AM
I like it, tennhound.

I've copied it to Word and sent it to my work computer so that I can appear to be working while I ponder the imponderable.

Fred 8-)

Merrilyn
Sat Aug 13, 2005, 11:54 AM
I like the way you think, littlefish :wink:

marg
Tue Aug 16, 2005, 03:58 AM
Good One Teenhound.

C'mon everyone, where are your contributions?

It is good to read a bit of light entertainment - the world is way too serious. :roll: :roll: :roll: .

nicholas76
Mon Sep 05, 2005, 07:24 AM
OK this is my contribution .

( received in an e-mail )

The difference between having guts and having balls

Guts - is arriving home late after a night out with the lads, being
assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: "Are you
still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?"

Balls - is coming home late after a night out with the lads, smelling of
perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the arse
and having the balls to say,
"You're next fatty."





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

lesley
Mon Sep 05, 2005, 08:52 AM
Nick, strongly suggest that if you want a harmonious life, you do not say that to your wife/partner!!

Ladyred, do we need an help area for these guys!??

:roll:

tennhound, loved them. Think you may have probs working how many seconds in a light year though.....
What is a light year?

(Lansing State Journal, Jan. 22, 1992)

The light-year is probably the most misused scientific term in the popular literature. If you watch old science-fiction films carefully, you may hear the characters using the light-year as a unit of time - which it is not! The light-year is actually a unit of distance commonly used in astronomy. Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe beyond the Earth: planets, stars, galaxies and solar systems. Because of the size of these objects and the distances between them, measurements and calculations often require working with very large numbers. Specialized units - such as the light-year - make these calculations much less cumbersome.

A light-year is defined as the distance light travels during one year. Light from the sun travels with a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second. By multiplying the speed of light by the number of seconds in one year, we find that one light-year is equal to 9.5 x 1015 (that's 9,5000,000,000,000,000!) meters. To give you an idea of how large a distance this is, the average separation of the Earth and the Sun is about 1.5 x 1011 meters. This means that, in order to travel a distance of one light-year, one would have to make 32,000 round trips between the Sun and the Earth! Use of the light-year allows astronomers to write, for example, the distance between the Earth and the nearest stars beyond the Sun as 4 light-years, instead of 38,000,000,000,000,000 meters. The light-year is just one of a number of specialized units which have been defined by scientists in order to make measurements and calculations involving very large (and very small) distances more convenient.

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nicholas76
Mon Sep 05, 2005, 10:34 AM
LOL,

Lesley clearly I value my ahemmm apparel and wouldnt even think about trying this on my partner LOL AGAIN! LOL

nicholas76
Mon Sep 05, 2005, 10:36 AM
HOLY COW

thats 500 posts

party at lady reds place all invited!! yahoo