I hope you appreciate this as much as I did! It concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen: “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”
Funny Old World
What do you know?
The following questions and answers were extracted from a recent GCE examination …
Q. Name the four seasons ?
Witness Protection
There was a murder reported in the Mountpottinger district of Belfast last week. An old widow woman was robbed and battered to death …
Bush back at school
There was a collective sigh of relief when he left office, but now ex-President George W Bush has decided to return to school to learn to read.
Dangerous journeys
US officials are investigating how a child was apparently allowed to direct planes at New York’s JFK airport – one of the country’s busiest.
Looney Russian Roulette
‘Esau Looney was a firearms expert,’ said the Sheriff,
‘who liked to teach people how to safely handle firearms.
Eejit’s Guide to Early Ireland : 1
It’s more than ten years since Michael Quinn staged his one-man parody show “Eejit’s Guide to Early Ireland” and still you’ll meet people who remember it fondly. It’s a stage show and doesn’t readily translate to the written word. Despite this, Michael has given us permission to reproduce here his copyright material.
Jenny’s Triangle found!
It is little wonder that the baby in the photo below is so goggle-eyed! Is he thinking – ‘wow! I’d like to bury my head in those!’ Well, not really. The mystery is solved in the second photo.
McDonald’s Acadamy Graduates
Having recently announced their sponsorship of Fast Food-related studies, the McDonald’s chain proudly displays its first class of graduates!