**** 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!

 

[JimWforBush]

IOTP

[Allegra]

[fredhead]

My daughter is 6, and this year she has learned how to cast (that fishing rig you showed won’t work very well for salt-water fishing), and she’s learning how to drive the boat.

[Fawnn]

We don’t have much salt water here on the west coast of Ohio, so that reel should work fine when they fish on the local lakes. ;)

[beaversmom]

Thanks—have to show that one to husband.

[absolootezer0]

your fishing sounds like my hunting.

people ask me, “do you hunt”
i usually answer, “no, but i spend an awful lot of time in the woods with a gun”

[BJClinton]

This thread has really gone to hell since I stopped hosting it.

At least I got the day right.

[BJClinton]

So whaddya want — want me to start it over again tomorrow? :D Or just let it go?

Go with it, sometimes one must follow their Muse.

[BJClinton]

Here ya go!

[Fawnn]

That's my tribe. (Unlike Ward Churchill, I AM part-Cherokee!) Links to other tribes shown here.

[Clam Digger]

LOL, a bluefish would tear that rig up in a heartbeat. My girls love fishing for blues, but they only fight them for acouple mintes before pasiing the rod of to me.

[genefromjersey]

Don’t feel pregnant: I’ve been a week ahead of myself all month !

[BJClinton]

YKHIKYG?

[toldyou]

LOL!

I thought it was Friday earlier today....then I found out it was really Thursday. When I read your headline a few minutes ago, I was really confused! lol!

[007girl]

[Old Sarge]

I can't believe this!

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

I was Slytherin for YEARS!

[SevenofNine]

See Monk that original skit yes he does look like Eddie Murphy

[Theresawithanh]

Hey, no problem, this could become the longest OFST evah! We’ve got 2 days to make it so!

I once saw a book smart guy fill out an absentee ballot voting for Bill Clinton in 1992. (He was my ex-husband)

[G8 Diplomat]

When rocket science gets out of hand...