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Richard Thanks for this - I'll see what they think! Mandy. At 17:54 2/7/2003 +0100, you wrote: >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 > >---------- > >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. > > > > ------------ > > Mandy Tulloch > > [log in to unmask] > > > > www.abdn.ac.uk/cnhc > > > > Conoco Natural History Centre > > Zoology Building > > University of Aberdeen > > Aberdeen AB24 2TZ > > T - 01224 493 288 > > F - 01224 493 169 > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > > send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: > > > > set psci-com nomail > > > > 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: > > > > set psci-com mail > > > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >message: > > > > leave psci-com > > > > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list >archive, > > can be found at the list web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > > > > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and >science > > and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk > > ********************************************************************** > >********************************************************************** > >1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, >send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: > >set psci-com nomail > >2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: > >set psci-com mail > >3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >message: > >leave psci-com > >4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list >archive, >can be found at the list web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > >5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and >science >and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk >********************************************************************** ------------ Mandy Tulloch [log in to unmask] www.abdn.ac.uk/cnhc Conoco Natural History Centre Zoology Building University of Aberdeen Aberdeen AB24 2TZ T - 01224 493 288 F - 01224 493 169 ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************