Collection of Lame Jokes

[berkeman]

He went back to tai ket.

You folks talk funny...

 

[jtbell]

Did you see Dirac?

Nope, but he might have been in a hole.

Did he lose his bra?

He went back to tai ket>.

He must be spinning (1/2?) in his grave.

 

[Delta Prime]

The only man to ever get all his work done by Friday, was Robinson Caruso…

 

[WWGD]

He must be spinning (1/2?) in his grave.

Somehow it reminds me of Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

[topsquark]

Somehow it reminds me of Bohemian Rhapsody.

So you are seeing the little silhoutto of a man?

-Dan

 

[WWGD]

So you are seeing the little silhoutto of a man?

-Dan

Indeed, Scaramouche.

 

[jack action]

I asked Google what my purpose is, and it showed me 3 ads and a cookie policy.

 

[DaveC426913]

I asked Google what my purpose is, and it showed me 3 ads and a cookie policy.

Well, when I asked, it said your purpose is "...to mechanically amplify the movement of a piano key into a faster, longer hammer movement, allowing the hammer to strike the strings and produce sound, and then retracting the hammer and lifting the damper."

 

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

I asked Google what my purpose is, and it showed me 3 ads and a cookie policy.

.

 

[jtbell]

The only man to ever get all his work done by Friday, was Robinson Caruso…

I always heard the Gilligan's Island theme song as "Like Robinson Caruso, it's primitive as can be..."

 

[jack action]

 

[DaveC426913]

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German seems intimidating because of these giant words. I think we generally assume there is a huge collection of very specific words about very specific things.

It becomes a lot less intimidating when one discovers that they're not inventing new words for every little thing, all they're doing is eliminating spaces from descriptive phrases.

"Alice grabbed the bigredbouncyball."

 

[fresh_42]

German seems intimidating because of these giant words. I think we generally assume there is a huge collection of very specific words about very specific things.

It becomes a lot less intimidating when one discovers that they're not inventing new words for every little thing, all they're doing is eliminating spaces from descriptive phrases.

"Alice grabbed the bigredbouncyball."

Yes, we thought about the construction of foot ball to the end. And factually nobody says Hilfeleistungslöschgruppenfahrzeug. It is a Feuerwehrauto (firefightercar) so we only dropped a blank as you do in football or electromagnetism.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[jack action]

we only dropped a blank as you do in football

No blank dropped: IT'S SOCCER!

 

[fresh_42]

No blank dropped: IT'S SOCCER!

And how do you call your handegg?

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Ibix]

Good thing it wasn't held in with duct tape!

 

[Swamp Thing]

Good thing it wasn't held in with duct tape!

Or cyanoacrylate and baking soda? Or cyano + ramen noodles?

 

[Orodruin]

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When I was young, cloaking was a cool thing for a ship to have. Looking back - they might just have introduced it to save on special effects …

 

[fresh_42]

When I was young, cloaking was a cool thing for a ship to have. Looking back - they might just have introduced it to save on special effects …

I had the following thought yesterday: Isn't it a bit embarrassing that the Klingons and Romulans had a cloak technology and we did not even though we have already achieved some basic results in this direction by now?

 

[Ibix]

I had the following thought yesterday: Isn't it a bit embarrassing that the Klingons and Romulans had a cloak technology and we did not even though we have already achieved some basic results in this direction by now?

The Federation agreed not to develop the technology under the Treaty of Algeron. Exactly what they got in return is not clear, except for dramatic tension.

 

[DaveC426913]

Sorry to hear about yo momma's skydiving accident.

 

[jtbell]

What was that on her head? A GoPro?

 

[fresh_42]

The Federation agreed not to develop the technology under the Treaty of Algeron. Exactly what they got in return is not clear, except for dramatic tension.

At least they improved on neutrino detection.

 

[nsaspook]

NSFW language.

Spoiler

 

[berkeman]

Punctuation is important...

 

[jtbell]

Or "Let's eat, Grandma!" versus "Let's eat Grandma!"

 

[DaveC426913]

And on that theme...