Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
-- General George S. Patton
June 23, 2005
Deep Thoughts
Consider These 3 Deep Thoughts(1) Zero Gravity
When NASA first 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 ConstitutionThey 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 heck, we're not using it anymore.
(3) Ten CommandmentsThe real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is that you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment.
lagleRock Out!
The Fisher Pen Company developed the product at their own expense, and have made a tidy profit marketing it for earthbound use. It is as reliable as any ballpoint I have ever used. A pencil would be absolutely stupid in zero gravity. Even if you could develop a sharpener which would not leak any shavings, broken pencil pints, being conductive, would be every bit as bad as floating ink.
Posted by: triticale at July 9, 2005 01:26 AM