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**** OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD **** Aug. 9, 2007
Posted on 08/09/2007 5:05:59 AM PDT by StarCMC
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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? 
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 01heymrengineer; 02itsthursday; ofst
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To: fredhead; Shyla; absolootezer0
To: nuke rocketeer
ok.. that’s bad.
are we just keeping this friday thread going or is there another one coming? :)
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posted on
08/10/2007 5:30:33 AM PDT
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absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: absolootezer0
Let’s keep this one going!!!
Maybe it can get over 500 posts!!
To: Tatze
Let me guess, she was a blond right?
367
posted on
08/10/2007 5:34:22 AM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: nuke rocketeer
368
posted on
08/10/2007 5:37:48 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: absolootezer0; StarCMC; All
Did anyone tell Star that it's FRIDAY now....
If I didn't know better, I'd say that Star must be a blond...
369
posted on
08/10/2007 5:41:41 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
To: nuke rocketeer
370
posted on
08/10/2007 5:41:53 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: nuke rocketeer; AZamericonnie; Old Sarge; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; Kathy in Alaska; kjfine; HiJinx; ...
371
posted on
08/10/2007 5:43:14 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
To: absolootezer0
372
posted on
08/10/2007 5:45:24 AM PDT
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absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: absolootezer0
wierd math factoid#276
the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers
(2^2 + 3^2 + 5^2 + 7^2 + 11^2 + 13^2 + 17^2) = 666
373
posted on
08/10/2007 5:47:45 AM PDT
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absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: absolootezer0
374
posted on
08/10/2007 5:48:56 AM PDT
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absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: absolootezer0
375
posted on
08/10/2007 5:52:28 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: tomkow6
376
posted on
08/10/2007 5:55:18 AM PDT
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StarCMC
(This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
To: fredhead
Got to take off this afternoon and clean house. I’m such a slob.Yeah, but you're a good man if you clean up after yourself! :-)
377
posted on
08/10/2007 5:56:13 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
To: Pan_Yan
There’s something to be said for experience, too.
378
posted on
08/10/2007 5:58:36 AM PDT
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StarCMC
(This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
To: StarCMC
Blech...9am....
Can I start drinking yet?
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posted on
08/10/2007 6:00:13 AM PDT
by
shbox
To: absolootezer0
I think we’re keeping it going — I didn’t have another prepared! LOL
380
posted on
08/10/2007 6:00:18 AM PDT
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StarCMC
(This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
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