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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: nuke rocketeer
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:43:40 AM PDT
by
Clam Digger
(NO REAL THAN YOU ARE!)
To: Rightly Biased
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:44:33 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: StarCMC
It's not rocket science, but it's still funny.
63
posted on
08/09/2007 5:45:27 AM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
Comment #64 Removed by Moderator
To: nuke rocketeer; tomkow6; Clam Digger
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:46:43 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: DaveLoneRanger
LOL!! It was unintentional I assure you — but it is typical of the kind of thing I do! I was so afraid of missing it that I posted early. LOL
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:47:42 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: The_Victor
The potentate of totin’ freight, LOL!
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:47:54 AM PDT
by
Clam Digger
(NO REAL THAN YOU ARE!)
To: StarCMC
To: StarCMC
Yep I need that cause I don’t like this friday and I want an alternate one!
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:48:34 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
To: CholeraJoe
Hufflepuff
Said Hufflepuff, “I’ll teach the lot, and treat them just the same.”
70
posted on
08/09/2007 5:49:09 AM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. - Churchill)
To: StarCMC
To: CholeraJoe
I’m equally Ravenclaw & Hufflepuff. What mean that?
72
posted on
08/09/2007 5:52:07 AM PDT
by
LantzALot
(Yes, it’s my opinion. No, it’s not humble.)
To: StarCMC
Very silly this week, since it’s coming on THURSDAY!!!!
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:53:29 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: new cruelty
To: JRios1968
I'll see you silly folk in a bit -- I gotta go exercise. Blech.
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:55:52 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: wallcrawlr
76
posted on
08/09/2007 5:55:59 AM PDT
by
Tatze
(I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
To: wallcrawlr
77
posted on
08/09/2007 5:58:21 AM PDT
by
Tatze
(I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
To: new cruelty
For some of us, every day is saturday. I guess that’s why I didn’t realize the post was a day early until someone else pointed it out.
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posted on
08/09/2007 5:59:46 AM PDT
by
LantzALot
(Yes, it’s my opinion. No, it’s not humble.)
To: StarCMC
79
posted on
08/09/2007 6:01:32 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Fred's Campaign: A hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.)
To: RockinRight
you gotta be shyte-ing me
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