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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?

Let the silliness commence!

 


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 01heymrengineer; 02itsthursday; ofst
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To: StarCMC

T.H.I.T


81 posted on 08/09/2007 6:03:15 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: Red Badger
Dude, someone must of done the time warp...again....


82 posted on 08/09/2007 6:03:28 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: wallcrawlr

ROFL, I may have to steal that!


83 posted on 08/09/2007 6:04:34 AM PDT by Clam Digger (NO REAL THAN YOU ARE!)
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To: StarCMC

84 posted on 08/09/2007 6:07:57 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: darkwing104

It’s just a jump to the left.
And then a step to the right.
With your hands on your hips.
You bring your knees in tight.
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let’s do the time-warp again.


85 posted on 08/09/2007 6:08:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: StarCMC

Not.
My.
Fault.


86 posted on 08/09/2007 6:09:21 AM PDT by Darksheare (Woodchuck: a Dire Lemming rampager +9!)
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87 posted on 08/09/2007 6:11:55 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: wallcrawlr
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88 posted on 08/09/2007 6:12:09 AM PDT by Shyla
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To: wallcrawlr

No Real Than You Are.


89 posted on 08/09/2007 6:14:19 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred's Campaign: A hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.)
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To: StarCMC

90 posted on 08/09/2007 6:15:39 AM PDT by honolulugal (finally - I won't be late)
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To: RockinRight

LOL, I stole that a couple days ago formy tagline


91 posted on 08/09/2007 6:18:28 AM PDT by Clam Digger (NO REAL THAN YOU ARE!)
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To: CholeraJoe
Hufflepuff, but you already knew that.
I'm enjoying the levity of posting here on a Thursday.
92 posted on 08/09/2007 6:19:51 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Clam Digger

It’s the next “All Your Base are Belong to Us...”


93 posted on 08/09/2007 6:23:11 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred's Campaign: A hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.)
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To: StarCMC

Time is a relative concept. Thursdays, doubly so.


94 posted on 08/09/2007 6:23:58 AM PDT by Chanticleer (Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. Lewis)
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To: RockinRight
the resemblance is uncanny


95 posted on 08/09/2007 6:24:05 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: StarCMC; AZamericonnie; Old Sarge; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; Kathy in Alaska; kjfine; HiJinx; ...

96 posted on 08/09/2007 6:24:16 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
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To: darkwing104

Morning, DW!


97 posted on 08/09/2007 6:24:46 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
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To: wallcrawlr
Boy, am I confused..................

Well, it is Friday in Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
98 posted on 08/09/2007 6:25:37 AM PDT by day10
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To: tomkow6
Good Morning Tomkow!


99 posted on 08/09/2007 6:27:12 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: wallcrawlr

100 posted on 08/09/2007 6:32:46 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred's Campaign: A hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.)
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