**** OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD **** Aug. 9, 2007

[StarCMC]

Welcome to the
O.F.S.T.
(Official Friday Silliness Thread)

Good morning and welcome to the Silliness!  Lucky9Teen had to be away today and so I'm posting the OFST for her today.  She will be back next week!

Today is the anniversary of the death of Robert Goddard, father of American rocketry, who died in 1945.  Time Magazine proclaimed him a fool for believing that travel in outer space was possible.  I guess some things never change huh?  Goddard proved them wrong on March 16, 1926, when he finished building a spindly, 10-ft. rocket he dubbed Nell, loaded it into an open car and trundled it out to his aunt Effie's nearby farm.  It flew a mere 41 ft. high and the flight lasted only about 2.5 seconds, but with it came the reality of modern space flight.  So Goddard had the last word.

We've all probably known someone who was really smart - I mean book smart.  There was this guy in my Physics class in my senior year.  His name was Sam.  He had perfect grades - 5.0 in all his honors science and math classes.  He was a REAL brainiac.  But one day during Physics class we were all listening to Mrs. Michaels talk about some experiment we were getting ready to do, and Sam went flying off his stool.  It seems that he decided to stick a wire in an electrical outlet and the resulting shock knocked him backwards a few feet and arc welded the circuit.  So here's the question of the day... what's the dumbest thing you've ever seen a really smart person do?

Let the silliness commence!

 

[Fawnn]

So named by the Royal Pain. ;)

[spotbust1]

The sorting hat says that I belong in Gryffindor!

	Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name."Students of Gryffindor are typically brave, daring, and chivalrous. Famous members include Harry, Ron, Hermione, Albus Dumbledore (head of Hogwarts), and Minerva McGonagall (head of Gryffindor).
Take the most scientific Harry Potter Quiz ever created. Get Sorted Now!

[tomkow6]

[spotbust1]

Once the rocket has ignited, there’s no turning back.......

Yea, it’s kind of like the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb.
You can’t unscrew the woman. :-P

[Fawnn]

Are you one of those fishermen who catch fish and then release them? (The ones who, according to a comedian Aaron Wilburn, don’t wanna eat ‘em, you just wanna make ‘em late: “Just where have you been!?” “I’m sorry I was late, but I got caught!” “Yeah, right. Then prove it: Show me the inside of your lip!”)

;)

[Red Badger]

[fredhead]

Look in my freezer. If I catch them, I keep them (if the law allows, like flounder now have to be 18.5 inches long minimum).

Now there’s a difference between fishing and catching. I seem to do a lot of fishing and very little catching.

But a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

[tomkow6]

An elderly couple was attending church one Sunday morning and about halfway through the sermon she leans over and says to her husband, "I just let out a silent fart. What do you think I should do?"

He replies, " Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

[Allegra]

[beaversmom]

Dramatic Chipmunk

[SevenofNine]

OH TOMKOW are you just doing that because Dr Phil turn you down as patient LOL!

[CholeraJoe]

Don’t worry. I was tied between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I chose Ravenclaw.

[SevenofNine]

That from Chappelle show Season 2 it Charley Murphy True Hollywood stories that actually happen Charley Murhpy b***hslap Rick James

[Fawnn]

My daughter, her hubby, and MY grandkids just got back from two weeks at her grandparents' cottage in MI, so their freezer is well-stocked again.

My 5 yo granddaughter just got one of these:



I think that's the right one. (You push a trigger when you cast the one she got.) She had me watch the video that came with it (way exciting for this non-fisherman!). It'll be fun watching her cast it, however. (She was sure to point out to me how much safer it was to cast/practice with that kind of rod because "the hook isn't out so nobody gets caught." I need to remember to ask my daughter if that's been a problem in the past. ... The granddaughter had to wait for her daddy to do something to the rod, so I don't get to see it in action until next week's visit.) ;)

[nuke rocketeer]

[monkapotamus]

Hehehe!

[Fawnn]

I'm finally reading book 7. I love how the articles in The Daily Prophet about Harry read like the ones in the NYT about Bush. (I certainly hope that Rowling is effective in making youngsters skeptical about the drive-by media.) ;)

[monkapotamus]

Dramatic Chipmunk Kill Bill Re-mix

[tomkow6]

[monkapotamus]

"OH TOMKOW are you just doing that because Dr Phil turn you down as patient LOL!"

LOL