April 22, 2009
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Something to think about
> (1) Zero Gravity
> When NASA started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that
> ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this
> problem,
> NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen
> that writes
> in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass
> and at
> temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C. The
> Russians used a
> pencil. Your taxes are due again–enjoy paying them.
>
> (2) Our Constitution
> ‘They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why
> don’t we
> just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys,
> it’s
> worked for over 200 years and hell, we’re not using it anymore.’
>
> (3) Ten Commandments
> The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a
> Courthouse is
> that you cannot post ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit
> Adultery
> and ‘Thou Shall Not Lie’ in a building full of lawyers, judges and
> politicians! It creates a hostile work environment.
Comments (29)
Eh.. I think #1 is highly over exaggerated. #3 is the only one I see worth making note of.
all so interesting.
that sounds fun cool I will check it out.
The first one always makes me laugh – although I do see the need for a more permanant writing instrument than a pencil.
I had never heard the second one before, I got a good laugh out of it too.
These sorts of things make me want to laugh and cry…at the same time. So…thank you for making me so emotionally confused.
heehee…this is great…
your feed should be live by tomorrow. I finally got it working on my webserver, so later today Ill set it up and send you an email. I am hoping in the very least that the pen we spent so much money producing had some other benefit for us. Medical maybe? I dont know, thats a lot of money!
Hehehehehehe. Love your sense of humor!
Amused.
Thanks for the smile
LOL…
Just to point out, the first part is false, here is the Snopes link
The pen story is a clever way to hide defense spending. Furthermore, we have no idea what other discoveries were made from that R&D.
the third thought ftw.
All so sadly true!
Oh America, how you amuse me so!
mmm… delicious copypasta.
Intersting write, thank you for sharing
In Christs Love
Michelle~
And the ad on the side of the post is for a pen!
I saw a pen thats something like you described, I doubt it was the nasa pen but they wanted $25.00 for this thing and it was suppose to write in all types of weather upside down all that. The job i was at bought some because working out freezing weather was inevitable….to bad having the pen actually not work was inevitable too.
I think #1 is 12 Million, not 12 billion. Still very absurd if you ask me……….
#1. Shocking
#2. Excellent Proposition.#3. Ridiculous.
Society is terrible.
I never knew about the gravity thing til I saw this entry. =|
I must admit. I really like #2.
hahaha number 2. we just discussed that in my history class a couple weeks ago. good stuff.
I’m making note for #3, haha.
The pen thing is fiction. NASA didnt spend a dime developing it, the Fisher pen company spent 2 million, not 12 billion. Russians never used pencils in space either.
the pencil one killed me