Little boy, pointing at Obama poster: Look, mommy it's Will Smith!
Mother: No, honey, that's not Will Smith. That's...uhmmmm... (to husband) What the fuck was his name again?
--Columbia University
via Overheard In New York
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Unquote
"Just go up to somebody on the street and say “You’re it!” and then run away."
- Ellen DeGeneres
and
"I have long known that it is part of God’s plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth."
- Bill Bryson
- Ellen DeGeneres
and
"I have long known that it is part of God’s plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth."
- Bill Bryson
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Yes, he did!
Lanky white guy: Well, I'm still expecting my pony from Obama.
Female friend: He cured your leprosy. Stop complaining.
--187th & Broadway
Via Overheard In New York
Female friend: He cured your leprosy. Stop complaining.
--187th & Broadway
Via Overheard In New York
Synthetic Life Form Grows in Florida Lab
Feb. 27, 2009 -- When NASA began thinking about missions to look for life beyond Earth, it realized it had a problem: how to recognize life if it were found.
Scientists came up with a definition for life -- a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution -- but remained understandably fuzzy on the details.
It is still not known how life on Earth took hold, what happened to a bunch of chemicals that made them capable of supporting a metabolism, replicating and evolution. But a new field of science, called synthetic biology, is aiming to find out.
One of the most promising developments lies in a beaker of water inside a Florida laboratory. It's an experiment called AEGIS -- an acronym for Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System. Its creator, Steve Benner, says it is the first synthetic genetic system capable of Darwinian evolution
From Discovery News
anyone else think they should stop this now?
Scientists came up with a definition for life -- a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution -- but remained understandably fuzzy on the details.
It is still not known how life on Earth took hold, what happened to a bunch of chemicals that made them capable of supporting a metabolism, replicating and evolution. But a new field of science, called synthetic biology, is aiming to find out.
One of the most promising developments lies in a beaker of water inside a Florida laboratory. It's an experiment called AEGIS -- an acronym for Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System. Its creator, Steve Benner, says it is the first synthetic genetic system capable of Darwinian evolution
From Discovery News
anyone else think they should stop this now?
Monday, March 2, 2009
You know that saying? It's too late...
On Nov. 4, 1909, English pilot John Moore-Brabazon put a pig in a basket, tied it to a wing, and took off.
The basket read I AM THE FIRST PIG TO FLY.
via Futility Closet
The basket read I AM THE FIRST PIG TO FLY.
via Futility Closet
Yeah, but he's not Irish...
Hipster guy: I need some toothpaste and...what else did I say I needed?
Hipster girl, shouting: Condoms!
Hipster guy: Shhhhh!
(everyone in store starts chuckling)
Hipster girl: The extra small ones.
Hipster guy: Shhhh!
Hipster girl: With a juicy flavor!
--Rite Aid, 6th Ave & 11th St
Via Overheard In New York
Hipster girl, shouting: Condoms!
Hipster guy: Shhhhh!
(everyone in store starts chuckling)
Hipster girl: The extra small ones.
Hipster guy: Shhhh!
Hipster girl: With a juicy flavor!
--Rite Aid, 6th Ave & 11th St
Via Overheard In New York
Fragments of Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Found
Feb. 27, 2009 -- Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian history.
Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the Museo Egizio in Turin, the fragments belong to a 3,000-year-old unique document, known as the Turin Kinglist.
Like many ancient Egyptian documents, the Turin Kinglist is written on the stem of a papyrus plant.
Believed to date from the long reign of Ramesses II, the papyrus contains an ancient list of Egyptian kings.
From Discovery News
Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the Museo Egizio in Turin, the fragments belong to a 3,000-year-old unique document, known as the Turin Kinglist.
Like many ancient Egyptian documents, the Turin Kinglist is written on the stem of a papyrus plant.
Believed to date from the long reign of Ramesses II, the papyrus contains an ancient list of Egyptian kings.
From Discovery News
Sunday, March 1, 2009
What will Christina Aguilera do then?
Computer Zeroes in on Oldest English Words
Feb. 27, 2009 -- The oldest words in the English language include "I" and "who," while words like "dirty" could die out relatively quickly, U.K. researchers report.
Scientists at the University of Reading have used a supercomputer called ThamesBlue to model the evolution of words in English and the wider family of Indo-European languages over the last 30,000 years.
From Discovery News
Feb. 27, 2009 -- The oldest words in the English language include "I" and "who," while words like "dirty" could die out relatively quickly, U.K. researchers report.
Scientists at the University of Reading have used a supercomputer called ThamesBlue to model the evolution of words in English and the wider family of Indo-European languages over the last 30,000 years.
From Discovery News
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerike!
At the 1939 World's Fair, San Francisco Seals catcher Joe Sprinz tried to catch a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 1,200 feet overhead.
Sprinz knew baseball but he hadn't studied physics — he lost five teeth and spent three months in the hospital with a fractured jaw.
Sprinz knew baseball but he hadn't studied physics — he lost five teeth and spent three months in the hospital with a fractured jaw.
Unquote
"There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way."
- Christopher Morley
- Christopher Morley
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
At least they didn't blow out the menorah
Female coworker #1: By that time I was drunk enough to run in there myself. So I bought one of 'em. It was like a regular condom, but it had these little pink things...
Female coworker #2: You bought a french tickler?
Female coworker #1: Yeah! So we blew it up at our table and started using it as a volleyball. It was really fun for a while, and then I spiked it into the priest's head and we were asked to leave the reception.
Albany, New York
Via Overheard In The Office
Female coworker #2: You bought a french tickler?
Female coworker #1: Yeah! So we blew it up at our table and started using it as a volleyball. It was really fun for a while, and then I spiked it into the priest's head and we were asked to leave the reception.
Albany, New York
Via Overheard In The Office
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
oy vey
In November 2006, 23-year-old David Fearn of Staffordshire changed his name to James Dr. No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man With the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill GoldenEye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Bond.
It's the longest name in deed poll history.
Via Futility Closet
It's the longest name in deed poll history.
Via Futility Closet
Monday, February 9, 2009
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