**** 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!

 

[007girl]

[nhoward14]

I am Ravenclaw! But just barely. My Ravenclaw score was 2 points more than Slytherin.

[Lady Jag]

Right. I didn’t touch him.

He’s probably a dimocrat.

[BJClinton]

It was to good to pass up.

[BJClinton]

[JimWforBush]

Did you kill the thread? LOL.

[honolulugal]

[tomkow6]

 Hi, Lady Jag!!

Welcome to the

Official Friday Silliness Thread!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[Lady Jag]

Alright! You finally corrected it!

[Lady Jag]

Hey Tomkow!

[MacDorcha]

hehehehe

[honolulugal]

A burka fashion show.

[tomkow6]

[r-q-tek86]

Is this thread dead?

[Lady Jag]

[honolulugal]

[G8 Diplomat]

Following Russia's lead, Wisconsin has now claimed ownership to all of North America...

[tomkow6]

[Sonora]

The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a condom because it more accurately reflects the government’s political stance.

A condom stands up to inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually being screwed.

Damn, it just doesn’t get more accurate than that.

[Sonora]

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C. The Russians used a pencil.
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You may have read or heard this wisdom before, but I don’t believe
anyone has ever explained it as well as the incredibly wise Cliff Clavin on the sitcom “Cheers.” One afternoon, Cliff was explaining the “Buffalo Theory” to Norm. And here’s how it went:

“Well, ya see, Norm, it’s like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. “In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.”

“That’s why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”