Abd THIS is why scientists shouls not attempt to be funny...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Ellam [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 February 2003 16:54
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Know any jokes??
>
>
> Hi Mandy
>
> Its not really a joke, but you are welcome to use a throwaway
> line I used
> when I did schools workshops on the Solar System at the Royal
> Observatory in
> Edinburgh.
>
> I don't think its an original line, I think I probably got it from th
> writings of the late Douglas Adams. Here it is:
>
> You jump up into the air, and as you come down say something
> along the lines
> of:
>
> " Good stuff, gravity: its free, and they leave it switched on at the
> weekends!"
>
> I also like this 'Doctor' joke, but it may be a bit advanced
> for primary
> school kids:
>
> "Doctor, Doctor I feel really tired all the time and have
> terrible trouble
> getting out of bed in the morning"
>
> "Well, as soon as you wake up you must climb on top of
> your wardrobe"
>
> Will this cure me, Doctor?
>
> "I can't say, but it will increase your Potential Energy"
>
> Audience groans loudly!
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> Richard Ellam
> L M Interactive
>
> 'Those who say a thing is impossible should not interrupt the
> person doing
> it' - old Chinese proverb
>
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> >From: Mandy Tulloch <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: [PSCI-COM] Know any jokes??
> >Date: Tue, Feb 04, 2003, 13:42
> >
>
> > Dear All
> >
> > Do you know an jokes about seeds and gravity/space?
> >
> > I'm doing some work with primary aged children on germination and
> > geotropism and wanted to make things a bit more interesting.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mandy Tulloch.
> >
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