A Few Shorts
During the heat of the space race in the 1960’s, the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball-point pen
to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules.
After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was
developed at a cost of $1 million U.S. The pen worked and also enjoyed
some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth. The Soviet
Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.
A Short History of Medicine
I have an earache:
2000 B.C. -Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. -That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. -That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. -That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. -That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. -That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.:
Everyone has seen The Sound Of Music, right?? No, well, anyway…here’s
Homers version of singing the scales:
DO RA ME DRINK by Homer Simpson
DOUGH……the stuff….that buys me beer….
RAY……..the guy that sells me beer….
ME………the guy…who drinks the beer….
FAR……..a long way to get beer…..
SO………I’ll have another beer…
LA………I’ll have another beer….
TEA……..no thanks, I’m drinking beer….
and that will bring us back to…
(Looks into an empty glass)
D’OH!!!!