Guest guest Posted March 31, 1999 Report Share Posted March 31, 1999 Recently, people entering a contest submitted their new theories, which could relate to ANY subject. Below are the winners: 4th RUNNER-UP Probability Theory If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary works in Braille. 3rd RUNNER-UP Bio-Mechanics Why Yawning Is Contagious: You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they then yawn to even it out. 2nd RUNNER-UP Symbolic Logic Communist China is technologically underdeveloped because they have no alphabet and therefore cannot use acronyms to communicate technical ideas at a faster rate. 1st RUNNER-UP Newtonian Mechanics The earth may spin faster on its axis due to deforestation. Just as a figure skater's rate of spin increases when the arms are brought in close to the body, the cutting of tall trees may cause our planet to spin dangerously fast. HONORABLE MENTION Linguistics The quantity of consonants in the English language is constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in another. When a Bostonian "pahks his cah," the lost R's migrate southwest, causing a Texan to "warsh" his car and invest in "erl" wells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 1999 Report Share Posted March 31, 1999 <<Recently, people entering a contest submitted their new theories, which could relate to ANY subject.>> Hey prabhuuus... I got a lot of prizes! Where are my Samosas?? > Below are the winners: <<4th RUNNER-UP Probability Theory>> -------------------- Text PRONTO:114979 (4 lines) Avadhut 29-Jul-98 17:30 -0400 Jokes Shoot-out --------------------------- If an infinite number of Texans riding in an infinite number of pickup trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary works in Braille. (Text PRONTO:114979) ------ <<3rd RUNNER-UP Bio-Mechanics>> -------------------- Text PRONTO:114980 (10 lines) Avadhut 29-Jul-98 17:33 -0400 Jokes Texan Science --------------------------- Why Yawning Is Contagious: You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they must yawn to even it out. -------------- <<& 1st RUNNER-UP Newtonian Mechanics>> The earth may spin faster on its axis due to deforestation. Just as a figure skater's rate of spin increases when the arms are brought in close to the body, the cutting of tall trees may cause our planet to spin dangerously fast. (Text PRONTO:114980) ------ 3 out of 5! Not bad at all!! ) Hope to do better next year. yfs Ava (And for one more time: NOT "AVI" as in Microsoft's "Audio Video Interface" but "AVA" as in Sri Caitanya's "Nityandanda Avadhut") > 2nd RUNNER-UP > Symbolic Logic > > Communist China is technologically underdeveloped > because they have no alphabet and therefore cannot use > acronyms to communicate technical ideas at a faster > rate. > > > HONORABLE MENTION > Linguistics > > The quantity of consonants in the English language is > constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in > another. When a Bostonian "pahks his cah," the lost R's > migrate southwest, causing a Texan to "warsh" his car > and invest in "erl" wells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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