**** 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!

 

[Eastbound]

"Happiness is a down sleeping bag"

How true that is. Couldn't afford down, so just purchased a Big Foot. (100" x 60") Zip two together and there's enough room to have a slumber party. Now if I can only find some nice, suitable, pillows. ;>

Who'd a thought one could luxuriate in a sleeping bag? Oh, man, it's perfect for keeping my boney bod from chillin'. Ready for the winter and lower heating bills.

[darkwing104]

It's Friday?

[acad1228]

Star, you've been a good sport, taking yer lumps on this one.

Mernin' Tom! It's gonna be a great Friday! The boss is in Dubai and I'm all caught up. I think I'll spend the day driving around "Checking in on our fab shops..."

[absolootezer0]

*pout*

[RDTF]

my thread got locked so I’ll post this here - it’s too good to pass up:

Texas Man Rigs Car With Household Air Conditioner

Faced with exorbitant costs to fix a car air conditioner, Scott Dawson was literally left to his own devices.

After finding out he would have to pay $1,200 to fix his car’s AC, Dawson, 26, rigged a common household air conditioner to fit on top of his car. The crafty civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston cut a hole in the sunroof to allow the cool air to get in, MyFoxHouston reported.

video:

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4012862&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

[StarCMC]

Yep!! How about some tunes?

Jimmy Buffet - Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season

Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in Paradise

[StarCMC]

LOL!! At least the thread is SUPPOSED to be funny, so it all works! I’m pretty good at laughing at myself too — which is a good thing because I have to do it so often! :-D *HUG*

[StarCMC]

You wipe that pout off your face young man and stop sulking!

[StarCMC]

That’s hilarious!! Why did THAT thread get locked??

[RDTF]

instead of just switching it to chat, the mod locked it and said ‘post in chat’. sigh. I thought it was news.

[secret garden]

TFTP! You can’t start Friday too early for me!

[absolootezer0]

fine, i’ll stop sulking. but i’m still gonna brood, frown, gloom, glower, gripe, grouse, grump, look sullen, moon, mump, scowl, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry...

[StarCMC]

Bummer!

[tomkow6]

Mernin’, Acad!

[StarCMC]

A+ in thesaurus usage. :-D

[girlscout]

Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America, Kentuckians, Tennesseans and West Virginians will no longer be referred to as "HILLBILLIES."

You must now refer to them as APPALACHIAN-AMERICANS.

And furthermore

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

1 She is not a "BABE" or a "CHICK" - She is a "BREASTED AMERICAN."

2. She is not "EASY" - She is "HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE."

3. She is not a "DUMB BLONDE" - She is a "LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY."

4. She has not "BEEN AROUND" - She is a "PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION."

5 She does not "NAG" you - She becomes "VERBALLY REPETITIVE."

6. She is not a "TWO-BIT HOOKER" - She is a "LOW COST PROVIDER."

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

1. He does not have a "BEER GUT" - He has developed a "LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY."

2. He is not a "BAD DANCER" - He is "OVERLY CAUCASIAN."

3. He does not "GET LOST ALL THE TIME" - He "INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS."

4. He is not "BALDING" - He is in "FOLLICLE REGRESSION."

5. He does not act like a "TOTAL ASS" - He develops a case of "RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.

[Rightly Biased]

 

Well, it's Groundhog Day... again...

What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.

Today is tomorrow. It happened!

[007girl]

Hahaha, good one!

[fredhead]

Not that anyone cares.

[shbox]