Logic Humor

Question:

You are traveling in a car at a constant speed.

On your left side is a double Decker bus and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you.

In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it.

Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level. Both the giant pig and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you.

What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?

Answer:

Get off the children's Merry Go Round, you're hammered.


Michael said...
Very funny! Thanks for posting this!

Serena said...
I had been deeply engrossed in Algebra homework when I decided to take a brain-break and check my email. I was sitting here thinking, "a bus and a fire engine and a pig...huh?" before I realized it was a joke. Takes me a minute, sometimes. :D

Rethinking things.

I lay in bed at night sometimes thinking about writing. Sometimes I will wake up thinking, "I should write a blog entry about this or that." Now, I have a notepad by my bed so I can write things down that wake me out of a sound sleep at 2:00 a.m., but do I write these ideas down? No. Without fail, I say to myself, "Ah, it's not that important...it's just a blog entry...I'll remember tomorrow." And I never do.

I need to readjust my thinking.

Maybe these things are not important to others, and in 100 years, no one may care, but right now, in my reality, this is important.

Writing is important. Expressing myself is important.

Repeat after me..."I am important."

I will start writing down those 2:00 a.m. ideas.

Michael said...
One of the most important people in my college experience was Dr. Joan Roberts, who taught “Introduction to Poetry.” She encouraged us to take our writing seriously, to honor it, and keep it in a notebook. She also encouraged us to save all of our efforts, as opposed to throwing things away that we judged unworthy, because saving all of our efforts creates a concrete record of our improvement as writers. It also creates a reservoir of ideas from which to launch future efforts.

Before I took that class, it never occurred to me that the attempts I was making at poetry were worth keeping, and taking her advice (along with other class lessons and activities) improved my writing dramatically.

Serena said ...

I am looking forward to my English Composition class this semester. When I make the time to write, I do actually enjoy it. It's the 'making time' part that's tricky.

So humid.....

I never complain about the heat. I would rather have a toasty 95 degree day than shovel snow in arctic winds. I do have to say, though, that as I have gotten older, the humidity kills me!

The humidity yesterday was 85%, and the temperature was about 90. The air was so thick - it was like breathing soup. It saps your strength. I haven't wanted to cook or do much of anything but rest. Ian has loved it - we've been hitting fast food restaurants for two days for '99 cent heart attacks' so we can be in air conditioning.

I'm thinking about getting an air conditioner for the living room in my apartment, which is 11x16, but I don't know what to buy. Thoughts are welcome!


Michael said...
The size of the unit you can buy will probably be limited by the width of your windows. Measure the width, then begin your search. Buy the most BTUs you can afford, because it will wind up cooling most of your place, given the floor layout.Watch the Home-Depot-type-ads in the Sunday paper. As you get to the end of summer, there will be sales. They might be starting already. Call Jeff and ask him about the timing of sales when he worked at HD.Whatever you buy, it will be money well spent - I know from experience.
8/04/2006 8:48 PM

Michael said...
Another thought about your place - when you cool the lower level, you can cool the bedrooms by using window fans pointing out for about 20 minutes - thereby drawing cool air out of the lower level. Or you can just sleep downstairs on the really hot nights...
8/04/2006 8:50 PM

Serena said...
Glad I asked...I didn't think of window size when considering an air conditioner. Didn't know it mattered! Another thought... The landowner is replacing my two living room windows. After he does this, he does not want me to hang any curtains or put any holes in his brand new window frames. I will need some sort of air conditioner that doesn't need to be screwed in. Do they even make such a thing? I currently have a 5,000 BTU air conditioner in my bedroom, and I keep my bedroom door closed to keep it cool in here after I shut it off. I have to admit, though...during that humid spell, I ran the air conditioner for the entire night for two nights in a row!