The Gray Matters

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Popular Mule

A newlywed farmer and his wife were visited by her mother, who immediately demanded an inspection of the place. While they were walking through the barn, the farmer's mule suddenly reared up and kicked the mother-in-law in the head, killing her instantly.

At the funeral service a few days later, the farmer stood near the casket and greeted folks as they walked by. The pastor noticed that whenever a woman would whisper something to the farmer, he would nod his head "Yes" and say something. Whenever a man walked by and whispered to the farmer, he would shake his head, "No" and mumble a reply. Curious, the pastor later asked the farmer what that was all about.

The farmer replied, ''The women would say, 'What a terrible tragedy' and I would nod my head and say, 'Yes, it was.' The men would ask, 'You wanna sell that mule?' and I would shake my head and say, 'Can't. It's all booked up for a year.'"

Monday, July 14, 2008

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Jul 14th

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/07/14/

Use 'Next page' from Monday's comic to read the whole week.

The Great Escape Tunnel, World War II

The Tunnel that made The Great Escape possible

When graphics appear, move cursor over the number (no need
to click) to display an explanation of activity.

Make sure you take the tour. It's really something to see.

This may be one of the most amazing e-mails I've seen. The last number to 'roll over' is 16. Be sure to look and read the numbers and click 'next' to move along.

In 1943 work had begun on 'Harry', the tunnel that
allowed over 70 men to escape from the German POW camp,
'Stalag III', during World War II.
This was the same tunnel made famous by the movie 'The
Great Escape'. The URL below takes you to a site
where one of the men, after the War, drew a diagram with
explanations of each of the sections.

It's amazing how accurate the movie was, even though it
couldn't possibly include all the information involved
in this great engineering feat. Hope you find this as
interesting as I did.

http://www.kerman94.com/tunnelharry.html

Thanks, Mark.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

How Fast Are Your Reactions?

The automobile driving manual says the average driver's
reaction time is: .75 seconds....... or 1 car length for every 10 mph......

Test your average reaction time..
Be very careful this can be addicting.

Click on the link below and good luck!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Thanks, Larry!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

One of Those Days

A guy is sitting at the bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making biker steps next to him, grabs his drink, gulps it down in one swig and then turns to the guy with a menacing stare as if to say, 'What'cha gonna do about it?'

The poor little guy starts crying.

'Come on man I was just giving you a hard time,' the biker says. 'I didn't think you'd CRY.' 'I can't stand to see ! a man crying.'

'This is the worst day of my life,' says the little guy between sobs. 'I can't do anything right. I overslept and was late to an important meeting, so my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car was stolen and I don't have any insurance. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife in bed with the gardener and my dog bit me. So, I came to this bar trying to work up the courage to put an end to my life, and then you show up and drink the damn poison.'

Thanks to Roy for this joke.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Jul 7th

This is the link for Monday's comic. You can go to "Next day' from there.

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/07/07/

Saturday, July 5, 2008

The best episode ending from The Wonder Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8m2YLEX6Qo&feature=related

Wednesday, July 2, 2008