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PostPosted: 03/31/21 10:50 pm • # 176 
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PostPosted: 04/01/21 5:53 am • # 177 
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PostPosted: 04/01/21 9:57 am • # 178 
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never seen it.


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PostPosted: 04/01/21 11:21 am • # 179 
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never seen it.

You're missing something ....


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PostPosted: 04/01/21 12:03 pm • # 180 
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Stolen from here ....

Which scientific term was named as a joke but is now widely accepted?

Look no further than the thagomizer.

What’s a thagomizer, you ask? Behold:

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This is, of course, the classic cartoon The Far Side, beloved among scientists everywhere. The caveman is showing a picture of the tail of a Stegosaurus, which has a series of spikes on the end of the tail. Those spikes didn’t have a specific name other than “tail spikes”, but a paleontologist started using the name at a conference and the name stuck.

It’s even got a Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer

which includes a picture of a fossil Stegosaurus with the spikes attached:

It was actually used defensively by the Stegosaurus; an Allosaurus fossil has been found with puncture wounds from a Stegosaurus whacking it with its spiked tail.

I majored in Geology in college, and nearly all of my professors had a Far Side cartoon or three posted somewhere in their office.

This one was always a particular favorite of mine:

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PostPosted: 04/03/21 9:10 am • # 181 
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PostPosted: 04/07/21 8:07 am • # 182 
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PostPosted: 04/07/21 2:22 pm • # 183 
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I don't get it.


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PostPosted: 04/07/21 7:18 pm • # 184 
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I don't get it.




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PostPosted: 04/08/21 1:34 pm • # 185 
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Now I get it! If you miss the bowl your wife, Moaning Myrtle or someone else of the femal persuasion will explode at you!


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PostPosted: 04/17/21 7:50 am • # 186 
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From SNL - an oldie but goodie



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PostPosted: 04/18/21 12:41 pm • # 187 
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A con man and a pervert walks into a bar. The bartender sez:

“What can I get you, Mr. Trump?”


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PostPosted: 04/22/21 6:18 am • # 188 
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Have to say I'd like to see the dress as well

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PostPosted: 04/22/21 8:28 am • # 189 
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9-1-1 for White People Emergencies

https://fb.watch/51gpm0wHOm/


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PostPosted: 04/25/21 11:04 am • # 190 
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They just don't teach good manners anymore ....

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PostPosted: 05/01/21 7:05 pm • # 191 
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PostPosted: 05/03/21 10:08 am • # 192 
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"He who stops to ponder and think will generally come out ahead."

When Gandhi was studying law at University College, London, a Caucasian professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards him. Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him, as he expected, there were always arguments and confrontations.

One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University, and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to the professor. The professor said, "Mr. Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat."

Gandhi looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, "You do not worry professor. I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table.

Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions.

Mr. Peters, unhappy and frustrated, asked him the following question. "Mr. Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money, which one would you take?"

Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course."

Mr. Peters, smiling sarcastically, said, "I, in your place, would have taken wisdom, don't you think?


Gandhi shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."

Mr. Peters, by this time was beside himself and so great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word "idiot" and gave it to Gandhi.

Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.

A few minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade."

Wit always over anger!


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PostPosted: 05/03/21 11:47 am • # 193 
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Whether true or not, #192 is brilliant.


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PostPosted: 05/03/21 1:22 pm • # 194 
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PostPosted: 05/03/21 9:18 pm • # 195 
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It's fake but it sure is good. Wish I had the wit to respond like that. Gandhi didn't go to Oxford. He went to London University.


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PostPosted: 05/04/21 8:20 am • # 196 
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PostPosted: 05/08/21 5:15 am • # 197 
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The marketing department is having too much fun!

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PostPosted: 05/08/21 6:25 pm • # 198 
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There's a definite need to know here :angel

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PostPosted: 05/11/21 6:34 am • # 199 
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