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Said one hair to the other..
"Your jokes are lousy."
"They might be, but quit nit-picking."
"Your jokes are lousy."
"They might be, but quit nit-picking."
fresh_42 said:Infertility is hereditary.
If your parents did not have children, you will not get any either.
No, actually it leads to the conclusion (or logical premise) that if your parents did not have any children you do not exist! ...BillTre said:Which leads to the following:
You (each living entity actually) come from a long line of reproducers, going back to the beginning of life (which is a pretty impressive string of reproductive success).
This reminds me of a space anecdote. NASA spent many (I've heard of millions) of dollars to develop a ball pen which worked in zero gravity, the Russians simply equipped their cosmonauts with pencils.jack action said:
I've heard this before, but it's been pointed out that pencils aren't a great idea in zero g. Graphite is slightly conductive, and pencil shavings or broken leads will get everywhere. So this may be an urban legend. Or at least it's one of those things I'd like a decent source for.fresh_42 said:This reminds me of a space anecdote. NASA spent many (I've heard of millions) of dollars to develop a ball pen which worked in zero gravity, the Russians simply equipped their cosmonauts with pencils.
I once told someone an anecdote about a professor. The story was quite bizarre, but so was the professor. He answered: "I do not think it's true. However, the clue is: it could be true!"Ibix said:I've heard this before, but it's been pointed out that pencils aren't a great idea in zero g. Graphite is slightly conductive, and pencil shavings or broken leads will get everywhere. So this may be an urban legend. Or at least it's one of those things I'd like a decent source for.
How did you manage to get the book with the marks into firefox?WWGD said:And, misteriously, the bookmarks once lost from Firefox, are back, reappeared.
Ah, sorry I posted it here, intended for RT. Though losing the bookmarks was no joke.fresh_42 said:How did you manage to get the book with the marks into firefox?
It is not similar at all. We know it is wrong in every aspect.fresh_42 said:It's similar to the urban legend about the US ship and the lighthouse. It dates back in the 30's and nobody really knows whether it has been true or not. That the US ship became larger and larger in every decade didn't help either.
This is something different. Firstly, it is not a valid argument to generalize an example, and secondly such a story in this thread of jokes can hardly be taken as evidence.mfb said:Some people use this as argument how much money NASA wastes or similar. Others get the wrong impression NASA would waste money on silly things like this. It is not absurd enough to be obviously satire.
Who is it you believe? Your eyes or me?fresh_42 said:
There is (or used to be) a programme on the radio called The News Quiz, which does exactly what it says on the tin. Inbetween rounds they'd read out clippings from newspapers or magazines sent in by listeners. One I remember was from the letters page of a gardening magazine.davenn said:
And the refrigerator responded, "Because you're just not hot enough for me!"Klystron said:And the oven asked the refrigerator, "Why are you always so cold to me?".
The tyranny of "common sense." Things are often more complicated than most people think.mfb said:Some people use this as argument how much money NASA wastes or similar. Others get the wrong impression NASA would waste money on silly things like this. It is not absurd enough to be obviously satire.