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**** OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD **** Aug. 9, 2007
Posted on 08/09/2007 5:05:59 AM PDT by 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? 
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 01heymrengineer; 02itsthursday; ofst
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To: Shyla
501
posted on
08/10/2007 10:20:16 AM PDT
by
Shyla
To: Shyla
502
posted on
08/10/2007 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
JimWforBush
(Motormouth always wins!)
To: StarCMC; Lucky9teen
I vote the Friday Silliness thread be for two days from now on.
503
posted on
08/10/2007 10:23:08 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Lady Jag
With these loons, it’s hard to tell what’s
photo-shopped or not. Antlers?
504
posted on
08/10/2007 10:23:21 AM PDT
by
honolulugal
(TGIF . . . again)
To: shbox
At least I have company in my idiocy. Thanks for making me feel better.
505
posted on
08/10/2007 10:23:54 AM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: Sonora
To: JimWforBush
Yippee !
Do I gets a prize?
507
posted on
08/10/2007 10:24:28 AM PDT
by
Shyla
To: honolulugal
Deer Season or Dear Season?
508
posted on
08/10/2007 10:25:28 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: spotbust1
as a father of a little girl in diapers i must say.. at least you get to goto to the bathroom!! :)
509
posted on
08/10/2007 10:27:18 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: Lady Jag
That depends on if you are hunting the two legged kind or the four legged kind :-)
510
posted on
08/10/2007 10:28:31 AM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: absolootezer0
Yes, but it is never alone anymore. I usually have some little one accompany me. Bath time is the same.
511
posted on
08/10/2007 10:29:20 AM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: Sonora
* You can only slap one person per hour - no more.
i'd only get to slap 8 people? if that holiday only came once a year i'd have to put off retirement to get them!
512
posted on
08/10/2007 10:31:24 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: Lady Jag
513
posted on
08/10/2007 10:32:03 AM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(Jack Bauer would just whack him!)
To: tomkow6
514
posted on
08/10/2007 10:32:39 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: honolulugal
On the other hand, I believe you’re right that he’s a loon.
515
posted on
08/10/2007 10:33:58 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: tomkow6
BRATTOM!
516
posted on
08/10/2007 10:36:52 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: spotbust1
That depends on if you are hunting the two legged kind or the four legged kind If you're two-legged, that is.
517
posted on
08/10/2007 10:47:56 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: r-q-tek86
518
posted on
08/10/2007 10:50:19 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: StarCMC
519
posted on
08/10/2007 10:52:22 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: Lady Jag
So, you didn’t enhance the loon - he came that way?
520
posted on
08/10/2007 10:55:29 AM PDT
by
honolulugal
(TGIF . . . again)
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