Have you ever met a dumb rocket scientist?….. People always say, “You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.”…… Actually, there’s only one job where you do have to be smart as a rocket scientist — being a rocket scientist……. One more thought it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to think: […]
In 1991, the Boston University commencement speaker admitted that he had copied part of his address word for word from a magazine article……. The speaker was the head of school’s Journalism Department, where student reporters and editors were taught not to plagiarize!……..
In 1999, the CIA sold off twenty-five old lap-top computers……. Then agency managers remembered that agents had forgotten to erase secret data from the hard drives before putting them up for sale……. Nice………
“Being in politics is like being a football coach”, Senator Eugene McCarthy said. “You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”
We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?……. — Lee Iacocca, automotive business executive
Is failure a sign of a subpar intelligence?……. For too long people have been telling you that you’re a failure just because you fail…… Don’t let all that negativity get you down…… Failure is a humanitarian response…… If you don’t fail, someone else has to……. Each time you fail, you give them a chance to […]
In 1990 the U.S. Army accommodated its powerful political friends by letting select civilians take target practice on army ranges……. Only cost us $5 million in tax money….. Maybe when the next war starts, the generals could send some of their country club pals over to fight it….. Seems only right to me…..
You must quit procrastinating tomorrow. I don’t write them I just post them.
Don’t worry about money. The best things in life are free.
This one I should have posted on the 1st (April Fool’s Day)……. It’s a twist off of the old saying: “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” Well, James Thurber, a writer, wrote the […]
When asked if whiskey made people able to perform tasks more effectively, Dr. William Osler explained, “No, it just makes them less ashamed of doing them badly.”
In 1996, a Cambodian newspaper came up with a novel solution for England’s mad cow disease……. The paper suggested that England ship its diseased cattle to Cambodia, where they would be turned loose in the fields to blow up unexploded land mines……
In 1979, a man sued the Coors beer company for turning him into an alcoholic….. He claimed that Coors beer should have had a label printed on the can warning drinkers that it contained alcohol…..
On a fireplace log: “Caution, risk of fire.”
“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” — George Hegel, philosopher