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Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:22 pm
by Cody
"Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening."

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:48 pm
by Disembodied
At least now we know how Elon got his Musk.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:36 pm
by Cody
When S2 passed by the black hole at a distance just 120 times that of the Earth from the Sun, it reached an astonishing orbital velocity of 8,000 km/s. That corresponds to about 2.7% of the speed of light.
That is shifting!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:34 pm
by Disembodied
I believe I remarked earlier this year how civilisation may have jumped the shark …
Three thieves stole a shark from an aquarium by removing it from a tank and disguising it as a baby in a pushchair

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:47 am
by Disembodied
An update to this story:
Creature returned safely after police receive tip-offs about bright orange getaway vehicle
The shark, by the way, is called Helen.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:58 am
by Cody
The shark that launched a thousand ships?

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:59 pm
by RockDoctor
Cody wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:50 pm
<chortles> Trump Derangement Syndrome? <guffaws>
Endless chortling and guffawing. Best laugh I've had for weeks.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:15 am
by Disembodied
MPs who bring prostitutes into parliament will face the sack under Westminster’s first code of conduct
How odd that they would make a specific rule for this … I don't think I've ever worked anywhere that felt it necessary to explicitly state "no prostitutes in the workplace".

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:53 pm
by Disembodied
Oil industry wants government to build seawall to protect refineries from climate change effects

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:38 pm
by Cody
Ha! Next you'll be telling me the motor industry wants protection from diesel fumes!

Also, quantum computing will never work because you can't turn it off and on again as it's not on or off.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:05 am
by Disembodied
The British alternative to the Galileo satellite system will be called Ptolemy, because everything revolves around us.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:45 am
by Cody
The British alternative to the Galileo satellite system will be called Ptolemy, because everything revolves around us.
Cool Britannia!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:25 am
by Disembodied
One of the wettest we've seen, from the standpoint of water.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:59 pm
by Cody
Talking of water...
A US restaurant is using marijuana to sedate lobsters before killing them.
That's alright then... they still drop the poor critters into boiling water, but at least they're stoned!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:09 pm
by Nite Owl
Lobster: Hey... look at all the cool bubbles. Is it getting warm in here?
Me: Tasty Lobster but why is it winking at me?