Greetings from the TGIF Dungeon during the dog days of summer. It’s
once again cooler down here in the basement than it is upstairs. Pam
just commented to me after her early evening walk tonight that at
least in Vermont, when you have hot days (87 degrees today), it does
cool down at night. It sure was nice for me to come home from a very
hot week in Iowa to the relatively cooler temps of the good ole green
mountain state.
“How hot was it?” you say. Really, really hot! In case you haven’t
been paying attention (not surprising), this was the third consecutive
year that I have made the annual trek to Iowa (home of my alma mater)
to participate in the annual great bike ride across the state. It’s
about 500 miles in seven days and takes place each year during the
last week of July. It tends to be hot in Iowa this time of year and
unfortunately this year there has been a terrible drought all over the
middle of our country. Iowa is known for its’ pigs (hogs – pork) corn and soya beans. The corn has been especially hard hit by the lack of rain.
But for this last week of July in Iowa, you never know what you’ll get
in terms of weather. Some years it is cold and rainy; others it is
really hot, and others it can be a mixture of hot and cold and windy
and rainy. This year it was mainly HOT. Especially the first four days
where the temperature surpassed the century mark on four consecutive
days and the heat index was between 105 and 109 during those days due
to the relatively high humidity. So, it was hot and humid and 12,000
people (crazies) were still riding their bikes each day when the
authorities said one should remain inside, preferably in air
conditioning and if one must work, take frequent breaks and rest in
the shade. Well, every 10 miles or so we would stop pedaling and buy
some food or liquids and rest in whatever shade we could find. After
the day’s trek of anything from 50 to 85 miles, we’d arrive at the
overnight town, find our group and have to set up our tent. With
the heat, we did drink a lot of water and Gatorade and “smoothies”
(fruit and ice mixed into a nice cool and nutritious drink, with the
option of adding whey (protein)). Plus there was ice cold watermelon
that was especially good in the heat. With the temperatures during the
first 4 days above hundred and the high humidity which yielded heat
indices so high, we really had to keep hydrated. I had no appetite and
did not have many solid foods during those first four days. And to add
more challenges to the already difficult heat wave, on the fourth day,
we had to bike 85 miles into a headwind that made it feel like 100
miles when we were done that day. That night we had a huge storm
(including tornado warning) and got drenched in our campsites. So that
storm broke the heat wave and the next day we had a tail wind that
facilitated our 85 miles that day. What a difference between 2 days of
85 miles. The first one was hell. The second one was a breeze. Go
figure!
It’s good to be off that hard bike seat and am now giving my hind side
a chance to recover. It’s nice to sit on cushioned seats/chairs and be
in cooler weather. I doubt I’ll do the RAGBRAI a 4th year, next year.
But this year was the 40th RAGBRAI and since it began the summer that
I graduated (got my college diploma) from Grinnell College in Iowa, I
thought that it was appropriate that I did it this year with the
Grinnell Alumni biking group. In the end, we endured, survived and
are all the better for that! Right?!
What?
Oh, you want me to cut the b.s. and provide some funny material? Okay.
Let’s see what we’ve got to share.
MINNESOTA HUMOR
FAMOUS INVENTIONS
The toilet seat was invented in Minnesota, but twenty years later an
Iowan invented the hole in it.
OUTHOUSE PROBLEMS
When Ole accidentally lost 50 cents in the outhouse, he immediately
threw in his watch and billfold. He explained, 'I'm not going down
dere yust for 50 cents.'
THAT'S HER!
A Norwegian appeared with five other men in a rape case police
line-up. As the victim entered the room, the Norwegian blurted, 'Yep,
dat's her!'
SWIM COMPETITION
A Swedish woman competed with a French woman and an English woman in
the Breast Stroke division of an English Channel swim competition. The
Frenchwoman came in first, the Englishwoman second. The Swede reached
shore completely exhausted. After being revived with blankets and
coffee, she remarked, 'I don't vant to complain, but I tink dose other
two girls used der arms.'
VE COULDN'T AFFORD MORE
Two Norwegians from Minnesota went fishing in Canada and returned with
only one fish. 'The way I figger it, dat fish cost us $400' said the
first Norwegian 'Vell,' said the other one, 'At dat price it's a good
ting ve didn't catch any more.'
BAR RIDDLE
A Swede took a trip to Fargo, North Dakota . While in a bar, an Indian
on the next stool spoke to him in a friendly manner ... 'Look,' he
said, 'let's have a game if you answer it, I'll buy YOU a drink, if
you can't, then you buy ME one, Okay?' 'Ya, dat sounds purty good,'
said the Swede. The Indian said, 'My father and my mother had one
child. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it?' The
Swede scratched his head and finally said, 'I give up. Who vas it?'
'It was ME,' chortled the Indian. So the Swede paid for the drinks.
Back in Sioux Falls the Swede went into a bar and spotted one of his
cronies, 'Sven,' he said, 'I got a game. If you can answer a qvestion,
I buy you a drink. If you can't, YOU have to buy ME vun. Fair enough?'
'Fair enough,' said Sven. Okay....my fadder and mudder had vun child.
It vasn't my brudder, It vasn't my sister, Who vas it?' 'Search me, '
said Sven. 'I give up. Who vas it?' 'It vas some Indian up in Fargo,
North Dakoda.'
FINGERNAILS
One day Lena confided to her friend Hilda that she had finally cured
her nervous husband, Ole, of his habit of biting his nails. 'Good
gracious,' said Hilda, 'How did yew ever dew that?' 'It vas really
simple,' was Lena 's reply ... 'I yust hid his false teeth.'
THE RELATIONS
Ole and Lena were getting on in years. Ole was 92 and Lena was 89. One
evening they were sitting on the porch in their rockers and Ole
reached over and patted Lena on her knee. 'Lena , vat ever happened
tew our sex relations?' He asked. 'Vell, Ole, I yust don't know,'
replied Lena . 'I don't tink ve even got a card from dem last
Christmas.'
MUSIC SOLUTION
Ole bought Lena a piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, Lars
inquired how she was doing with it.
'Oh,' said Ole, 'I persvaded her to svitch to a clarinet.' 'How come?'
asked Lars.
'Vell,' Ole answered, 'because vith a clarinet, she can't sing.
THE PRANK CALL
The phone rings in the middle of the night when Ole and Lena are in bed and
Ole answers. 'Vell how da hell should I know, dats two tousand miles from
here' he says and hangs up. 'Who vas dat?' asks Lena . 'I donno, some fool
wanting to know if da coast vas clear.
* * * * *
On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand
on Lena 's knee. Giggling, Lena said, 'Ole, you can go farther than that if
you vant to.' So Ole drove to Duluth.
* * * * *
Ole was arrested one night while walking bare naked down the streets
of the little town of Alexandria, Minnesota. The policeman, who was a
good friend of Ole's said,'Ole...What in the world are you doing?
Where are your clothes? You're naked.' 'Yah, I know,' said Ole. 'You
see, I vas over to dat 'playboy' Swen's for his birthday party. Dere
vas about ten of us. Der vas boys and girls.' 'Is that right?', his
policeman friend asked. 'Yah, Yah, anyvay, dat Swen, he says,
'Everybody get into the bedroom!'So vee all go into the
bedroom....where den he yells, 'Everybody git naked!' 'Vel, vee all
got undressed. Den he yells, 'Everybody go to town!' I guess I'm the
first one here.
* * * * *
I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law last night when I asked if I
could borrow a newspaper.
'This is the 21st century, old man,' he said. 'We don't waste money on
newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPod.'
I can tell you, that friggin fly never knew what hit it...........
* * * * *
Never force children to pray!!!
This is a warning. Never force children to pray.
At dinner, a little boy was forced to lead the family into prayer...
Little Boy:
But I don't know how to pray.
Dad:
Just pray for your family members, friends and neighbours, the poor, etc.
Little Boy :
"Dear Lord" he started "Thank u for our visitors and their children,
who finished all my cookies and ice cream. Bless them so they wont
come again. Forgive our neighbor's son, who removed my sister's
clothes and wrestled with her on her bed.
This coming Christmas, pliz send clothes to all those poor naked
ladies on my daddy's blackberry and provide shelter for the homeless
men who use mom's room when daddy is at work.. AMEN "
Mom and Dad did not have dinner that evening......
* * * * * * * * * *
DID YOU KNOW?
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right
side of your mouth.
If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left
side of your mouth.
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2
million individual flowers
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is
considered an insult!
People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport ..
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from
gas in their stomachs.
Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion
to shave them off!
Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is
impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58
seconds.
The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a
time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros ..
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never
wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years .
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a
human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of
tobacco-related diseases.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost
every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450 F.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in
the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the
hand of man.
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional
proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers. That is
why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when
knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,
you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
(TGIF editor’s note: That is not true! I tried that in a well in
northern Mali about 30 years ago and all I saw was light, but not any
stars. I was about 80 feet below the ground surface.)
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense
lost is sight
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams.
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher
than 15,000 meters.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at lift-off.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
And last but not least:
In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This
apparently happens once every 823 years!
* * * * * * * * * *
It’s time for the TGIF Golden Classic, if you are ready.
SENIORS & COMPUTERS...........
As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.
I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next
door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come
over.
Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?
He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired,
'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'
Eric grinned... 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?
'No,' I replied.
'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'
So I wrote down:
ID10T
I used to like Eric, the little shit head.
If you're not a senior yet; then send this to someone who is.
* * * * *
Time to wish you all a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!
See you all next week.
TGI-Jeff
once again cooler down here in the basement than it is upstairs. Pam
just commented to me after her early evening walk tonight that at
least in Vermont, when you have hot days (87 degrees today), it does
cool down at night. It sure was nice for me to come home from a very
hot week in Iowa to the relatively cooler temps of the good ole green
mountain state.
“How hot was it?” you say. Really, really hot! In case you haven’t
been paying attention (not surprising), this was the third consecutive
year that I have made the annual trek to Iowa (home of my alma mater)
to participate in the annual great bike ride across the state. It’s
about 500 miles in seven days and takes place each year during the
last week of July. It tends to be hot in Iowa this time of year and
unfortunately this year there has been a terrible drought all over the
middle of our country. Iowa is known for its’ pigs (hogs – pork) corn and soya beans. The corn has been especially hard hit by the lack of rain.
But for this last week of July in Iowa, you never know what you’ll get
in terms of weather. Some years it is cold and rainy; others it is
really hot, and others it can be a mixture of hot and cold and windy
and rainy. This year it was mainly HOT. Especially the first four days
where the temperature surpassed the century mark on four consecutive
days and the heat index was between 105 and 109 during those days due
to the relatively high humidity. So, it was hot and humid and 12,000
people (crazies) were still riding their bikes each day when the
authorities said one should remain inside, preferably in air
conditioning and if one must work, take frequent breaks and rest in
the shade. Well, every 10 miles or so we would stop pedaling and buy
some food or liquids and rest in whatever shade we could find. After
the day’s trek of anything from 50 to 85 miles, we’d arrive at the
overnight town, find our group and have to set up our tent. With
the heat, we did drink a lot of water and Gatorade and “smoothies”
(fruit and ice mixed into a nice cool and nutritious drink, with the
option of adding whey (protein)). Plus there was ice cold watermelon
that was especially good in the heat. With the temperatures during the
first 4 days above hundred and the high humidity which yielded heat
indices so high, we really had to keep hydrated. I had no appetite and
did not have many solid foods during those first four days. And to add
more challenges to the already difficult heat wave, on the fourth day,
we had to bike 85 miles into a headwind that made it feel like 100
miles when we were done that day. That night we had a huge storm
(including tornado warning) and got drenched in our campsites. So that
storm broke the heat wave and the next day we had a tail wind that
facilitated our 85 miles that day. What a difference between 2 days of
85 miles. The first one was hell. The second one was a breeze. Go
figure!
It’s good to be off that hard bike seat and am now giving my hind side
a chance to recover. It’s nice to sit on cushioned seats/chairs and be
in cooler weather. I doubt I’ll do the RAGBRAI a 4th year, next year.
But this year was the 40th RAGBRAI and since it began the summer that
I graduated (got my college diploma) from Grinnell College in Iowa, I
thought that it was appropriate that I did it this year with the
Grinnell Alumni biking group. In the end, we endured, survived and
are all the better for that! Right?!
What?
Oh, you want me to cut the b.s. and provide some funny material? Okay.
Let’s see what we’ve got to share.
MINNESOTA HUMOR
FAMOUS INVENTIONS
The toilet seat was invented in Minnesota, but twenty years later an
Iowan invented the hole in it.
OUTHOUSE PROBLEMS
When Ole accidentally lost 50 cents in the outhouse, he immediately
threw in his watch and billfold. He explained, 'I'm not going down
dere yust for 50 cents.'
THAT'S HER!
A Norwegian appeared with five other men in a rape case police
line-up. As the victim entered the room, the Norwegian blurted, 'Yep,
dat's her!'
SWIM COMPETITION
A Swedish woman competed with a French woman and an English woman in
the Breast Stroke division of an English Channel swim competition. The
Frenchwoman came in first, the Englishwoman second. The Swede reached
shore completely exhausted. After being revived with blankets and
coffee, she remarked, 'I don't vant to complain, but I tink dose other
two girls used der arms.'
VE COULDN'T AFFORD MORE
Two Norwegians from Minnesota went fishing in Canada and returned with
only one fish. 'The way I figger it, dat fish cost us $400' said the
first Norwegian 'Vell,' said the other one, 'At dat price it's a good
ting ve didn't catch any more.'
BAR RIDDLE
A Swede took a trip to Fargo, North Dakota . While in a bar, an Indian
on the next stool spoke to him in a friendly manner ... 'Look,' he
said, 'let's have a game if you answer it, I'll buy YOU a drink, if
you can't, then you buy ME one, Okay?' 'Ya, dat sounds purty good,'
said the Swede. The Indian said, 'My father and my mother had one
child. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it?' The
Swede scratched his head and finally said, 'I give up. Who vas it?'
'It was ME,' chortled the Indian. So the Swede paid for the drinks.
Back in Sioux Falls the Swede went into a bar and spotted one of his
cronies, 'Sven,' he said, 'I got a game. If you can answer a qvestion,
I buy you a drink. If you can't, YOU have to buy ME vun. Fair enough?'
'Fair enough,' said Sven. Okay....my fadder and mudder had vun child.
It vasn't my brudder, It vasn't my sister, Who vas it?' 'Search me, '
said Sven. 'I give up. Who vas it?' 'It vas some Indian up in Fargo,
North Dakoda.'
FINGERNAILS
One day Lena confided to her friend Hilda that she had finally cured
her nervous husband, Ole, of his habit of biting his nails. 'Good
gracious,' said Hilda, 'How did yew ever dew that?' 'It vas really
simple,' was Lena 's reply ... 'I yust hid his false teeth.'
THE RELATIONS
Ole and Lena were getting on in years. Ole was 92 and Lena was 89. One
evening they were sitting on the porch in their rockers and Ole
reached over and patted Lena on her knee. 'Lena , vat ever happened
tew our sex relations?' He asked. 'Vell, Ole, I yust don't know,'
replied Lena . 'I don't tink ve even got a card from dem last
Christmas.'
MUSIC SOLUTION
Ole bought Lena a piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, Lars
inquired how she was doing with it.
'Oh,' said Ole, 'I persvaded her to svitch to a clarinet.' 'How come?'
asked Lars.
'Vell,' Ole answered, 'because vith a clarinet, she can't sing.
THE PRANK CALL
The phone rings in the middle of the night when Ole and Lena are in bed and
Ole answers. 'Vell how da hell should I know, dats two tousand miles from
here' he says and hangs up. 'Who vas dat?' asks Lena . 'I donno, some fool
wanting to know if da coast vas clear.
* * * * *
On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand
on Lena 's knee. Giggling, Lena said, 'Ole, you can go farther than that if
you vant to.' So Ole drove to Duluth.
* * * * *
Ole was arrested one night while walking bare naked down the streets
of the little town of Alexandria, Minnesota. The policeman, who was a
good friend of Ole's said,'Ole...What in the world are you doing?
Where are your clothes? You're naked.' 'Yah, I know,' said Ole. 'You
see, I vas over to dat 'playboy' Swen's for his birthday party. Dere
vas about ten of us. Der vas boys and girls.' 'Is that right?', his
policeman friend asked. 'Yah, Yah, anyvay, dat Swen, he says,
'Everybody get into the bedroom!'So vee all go into the
bedroom....where den he yells, 'Everybody git naked!' 'Vel, vee all
got undressed. Den he yells, 'Everybody go to town!' I guess I'm the
first one here.
* * * * *
I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law last night when I asked if I
could borrow a newspaper.
'This is the 21st century, old man,' he said. 'We don't waste money on
newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPod.'
I can tell you, that friggin fly never knew what hit it...........
* * * * *
Never force children to pray!!!
This is a warning. Never force children to pray.
At dinner, a little boy was forced to lead the family into prayer...
Little Boy:
But I don't know how to pray.
Dad:
Just pray for your family members, friends and neighbours, the poor, etc.
Little Boy :
"Dear Lord" he started "Thank u for our visitors and their children,
who finished all my cookies and ice cream. Bless them so they wont
come again. Forgive our neighbor's son, who removed my sister's
clothes and wrestled with her on her bed.
This coming Christmas, pliz send clothes to all those poor naked
ladies on my daddy's blackberry and provide shelter for the homeless
men who use mom's room when daddy is at work.. AMEN "
Mom and Dad did not have dinner that evening......
* * * * * * * * * *
DID YOU KNOW?
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right
side of your mouth.
If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left
side of your mouth.
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2
million individual flowers
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is
considered an insult!
People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport ..
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from
gas in their stomachs.
Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion
to shave them off!
Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is
impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58
seconds.
The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a
time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros ..
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never
wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years .
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a
human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of
tobacco-related diseases.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost
every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450 F.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in
the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the
hand of man.
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional
proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers. That is
why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when
knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,
you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
(TGIF editor’s note: That is not true! I tried that in a well in
northern Mali about 30 years ago and all I saw was light, but not any
stars. I was about 80 feet below the ground surface.)
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense
lost is sight
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams.
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher
than 15,000 meters.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at lift-off.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
And last but not least:
In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This
apparently happens once every 823 years!
* * * * * * * * * *
It’s time for the TGIF Golden Classic, if you are ready.
SENIORS & COMPUTERS...........
As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.
I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next
door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come
over.
Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?
He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired,
'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'
Eric grinned... 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?
'No,' I replied.
'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'
So I wrote down:
ID10T
I used to like Eric, the little shit head.
If you're not a senior yet; then send this to someone who is.
* * * * *
Time to wish you all a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!
See you all next week.
TGI-Jeff
