by G Benford | May 25, 2021 | Humour, the Best Medicine
Reprinted from Omni, 1982, pg 130 Everyone knows that scientists write badly – everybody, that is, except scientists. They think they’re merely being precise and orderly, and everyone else on the planet is either (a) illiterate, (b) sloppy, (c) a...
by Mike Angier | May 25, 2021 | Humour, the Best Medicine
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned … couldn’t concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn’t...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Humour, the Best Medicine
For a couple of months I’ve been blaming it On lack of sleep and to much partying. But I’m tired because… The population of this country is 18 million. 8 million are retired. That leave 10 million to do the work. There are 6 million in school, which...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Humour, the Best Medicine
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? What happens if you get scared half to death twice? What if there were no hypothetical questions? If the police arrest a mime, do they...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Humour, the Best Medicine
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with his colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of...
