Recent content by sandinmyears

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    Undergrad Could Lucy's Train Antics Really Happen According to Physics?

    I was watching I LOVE LUCY and they were traveling on a train. Lucy kept pulling the emergency lever for various reasons. One of the times, Ricky was taking a leap up into the air and when the train stopped, he ran into the wall of the train because he was making the leap but the train...
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    Ask a Stupid Quetion Get a Stupid Answer

    LIMERICK: There once was a man with a hernia. Who said to his doctor "Gul-dernia" When cutting my middle, Be sure you don't fiddle With matters that do not concern-ya. STUPID QUESTION: A stitch in time saves 9 WHAT??
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    Ask a Stupid Quetion Get a Stupid Answer

    You have to by law if you know CPR. :D
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    Did a rookie mechanic's reliance on Xanax lead to his downfall?

    The grandson of Albert Einstein Is a mighty sly neighbor of mine He proposed a new theory But I'm awfully leery And when asking for funds, I declined
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    Did a rookie mechanic's reliance on Xanax lead to his downfall?

    A beginner in auto mechanics Was experiencing tension and panics For the laddie would fear Cars would shift out of gear So his doctor prescribed him some Xanax Now Xanax can be habit forming And the lad's doc was so misinforming He took more than he ought And the plights that this...
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    Ask a Stupid Quetion Get a Stupid Answer

    Change your motto. If 5 cats chased 6 dogs to the pound, what would the cats have for dinner?
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    The Best Poem - What do you Think?

    My favorite poem as a spoonerism Wopping by Stoods on an Owing Stevening Woose hoods ease thare; I knink i thoe. His vouse is in; The thillage hoe. We hill sot nee me hopping stere; Woo hotch his foods will up snith woe. My hittle lorse must quink it theer; To wop stithout a narmhouse...
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    The Best Poem - What do you Think?

    Here's another one of my favorites: Ballad of Birmingham (1969) (On the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963) "Mother dear, may I go downtown Instead of out to play, And march the streets of Birmingham In a Freedom March today?" "No, baby, no, you may not go, For...
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    The Best Poem - What do you Think?

    Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the...
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    Music Discovering Classical Music: Suggestions Welcome!

    I can play Beethoven's "Fur Elise" on my mandolin. :smile:
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    Are These Puns So Bad, They Deserve Pun-ishment?

    No, "I am the NINTH letter of the alphabet." :)
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    High School Explaining the Inertia of Laundry: Why is it so Difficult to Get Started?

    Inertia smertia! Every time I fold laundry, there are atleast 4 socks missing. (They never pair up like they should). There is ENERGY in socks and they have a way of wandering off and never reappearing again.
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    What Is the Most Valuable Personality Trait?

    I think the Apostle Paul said it well: And now abide these: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~1st Corinthians 13:13
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    People's moods seem to affect the people around them

    First hand I can tell you that I often see this in myself, but I also tend to have mood swings. I'm certainly not saying that if you should avoid associating with people who suffer from depression and similar affective disorders, but all in all, I think it's good not to be constantly surrounded...
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    Fearing Death: A Flaw in the Human Mind?

    I think that this is one reason why religion plays such a large role in our society-- and many societies. (Looking for life beyond death).