Collection of Science Jokes P2

[Orodruin]

 

[Borg]

I hear that his brother etc. is also prolific writer.

 

[Ibix]

One of Terry Pratchett's books features a philosopher called Ibid, the most widely cited writer on all the Disk. He actually turns out to be worthy of such widespread citation when they finally meet him, if memory serves.

 

[DrGreg]

That reminds me of the case of "Prawo Jazdy", a person who was listed on the Irish police computer system as someone who had committed numerous traffic offences using a variety of addresses.

Until someone realised that "Prawo Jazdy" is Polish for "Driving Licence".

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_Poland#Mistaken_identity_in_Ireland

 

[Orodruin]

Until someone realised that "Prawo Jazdy" is Polish for "Driving Licence".

Not the first time linguistic challenges play a role. Reminds me of the bridge of the bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_de_Alcántara
Obviously some spaniards asked the Moors what it was, and so the Moors answered "the bridge" (Alcantara) whereby the Spanish promptly named it the bridge of (puente de) the bridge (Alcantara).

Apparently the world is full of such examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

Edit: Also meet hill hill hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill

 

[jack action]

Not the first time linguistic challenges play a role. Reminds me of the bridge of the bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_de_Alcántara
Obviously some spaniards asked the Moors what it was, and so the Moors answered "the bridge" (Alcantara) whereby the Spanish promptly named it the bridge of (puente de) the bridge (Alcantara).

Apparently the world is full of such examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

Edit: Also meet hill hill hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill

We certainly cannot beat "Canada":

The name “Canada” likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.” In 1535, two Aboriginal youths told French explorer Jacques Cartier about the route to kanata; they were actually referring to the village of Stadacona, the site of the present-day City of Québec. For lack of another name, Cartier used the word “Canada” to describe not only the village, but the entire area controlled by its chief, Donnacona.

The name was soon applied to a much larger area; maps in 1547 designated everything north of the St. Lawrence River as Canada. Cartier also called the St. Lawrence River the “rivière du Canada,” a name used until the early 1600s. By 1616, although the entire region was known as New France, the area along the great river of Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence was still called Canada.

Soon explorers and fur traders opened up territory to the west and to the south, and the area known as Canada grew. In the early 1700s, the name referred to all French lands in what is now the American Midwest and as far south as present-day Louisiana.

The first use of Canada as an official name came in 1791, when the Province of Quebec was divided into the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. In 1841, the two colonies were united under one name, the Province of Canada.

 

[DrClaude]

We certainly cannot beat "Canada":

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[Orodruin]

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[mjc123]

I hear that his brother etc. is also prolific writer.

When I was a child, I actually believed that there was a prolific writer called Anon.

 

[BillTre]

 

[Orodruin]

 

[jack action]

 

[berkeman]

This really should be "downs and ups", right?

 

[jack action]

 

[berkeman]

 

[Hornbein]

I could tell you some jokes about neutrinos but they'd go straight through your head.

 

[Orodruin]

I could tell you some jokes about neutrinos but they'd go straight through your head.

There was this one back when the OPERA results suggested FTL neutrinos:

The bartender says ”We don’t serve tachyons here”
A neutrino walks into a bar

 

[David Lewis]

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In the Canary Islands there is not one canary.
And in the Virgin Islands, same thing -- not one
canary there either.

 

[David Lewis]

"Looks like I'm in the placebo control group."

 

[jack action]

How many guacas are in a guacamole?

Spoiler: Answer

6.022 X 10²³

 

[jack action]

Another Venn diagram ...

 

[BillTre]

 

[Orodruin]

https://xkcd.com/2933/

 

[fresh_42]

https://xkcd.com/2933/
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... says someone about a theory that relies on simple algebras!

 

[fresh_42]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[fresh_42]

 

[DrClaude]

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If only he could have had his way, he would have died at 57

 

[Baluncore]

They were not always rivals, Celsius and Fahrenheit were close at -40.