Posted on 09/16/2005 8:53:53 PM PDT by genefromjersey
Renewable Energy Problems ?
Berlin: A German inventor, who says he has developed a way to make crude fuel oil from paper, rubbish, and plastics has found himself under attack.
A local newspaper reporter somehow concluded he was making oil from dead cats ,and the published story set off a geyser of protest.
“No, nay, never !” , responds the inventor. “It’s all paper , plastics, and rubbish.”
“At worst “, he concedes , “the odd toad may have jumped into the batch.”
Sidney: An Australian man, who was wearing a woolen shirt and a nylon/synthetic jacket , is reported to have built up enormous static charges without being aware of the situation.
According to Reuters, when the man walked inside a building in the country town of Warrnambool, he set off a wild series of static discharges as he stepped on a rug.
Witnesses claim the miniature electrical storm sounded like firecrackers, and that the carpet was scorched in several places.
Reuters says, when the man got back into his car, a miniature lightning bolt scorched a hole in his floormat: prompting him to seek assistance.
Firefighters were summoned, and tested the man’s clothing with an electrical field meter: detecting a charge of 40,000 volts.
The firefighters placed the man’s jacket in a courtyard at the fire station,and noted it continued to give off “an electrical current.”
( Do you believe this story ? No ? Neither do I--but Reuters apparently did – and we KNOW how dedicated they are to truth and accuracy ! )
“At worst “, he concedes , “the odd toad may have jumped into the batch.”
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Hmmm. Another 'hapless' toad.
That's the same inventor who created the bass-o-matic.
Now "hopless", I fear- he said hopelessly.
"Now "hopless", I fear- he said hopelessly."
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Ah, but if he landed in a vat of beer, instead, he wouldnt be 'hopless'... he'd be a hopped-up hapless toad. :-)
But..but...Wouldn't that be a toadal waste of good beer ?
(I'd continue with this,but it's late, and I'm reduced to a mere croak...)
Ah,well: Hoppy Trails !
Yeah, that kind of beer will leave a frog in your throat.
This thread is toadally croaked.
serious note:
go here ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486224/posts
"They were all alive when I put them in there" he exclaimed in defense
Once he got off de fence, it wuz anuther story !
I mean, dude wuz toadally wrecked : singin' 'bout " Animal Crackers in my Crude" , an' such-like.
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