| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 04 02:48PM > 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? > A: Yeah, it went OK. > Explain the pun. O and K are oxygen and potassium's respective atomic symbols. > 2. There are two Marvel Comics characters who, if they decided to, > could make great "alloys". Name *both*. Iron Man and Silver Surfer > Hint: The correct word describes a solid that sometimes forms > from a chemical reaction in a liquid solution. It falls out > of solution, and collects in the bottom of the vial. precipitate > with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light." This joke > actually embodies two different physics puns. One is that a > photon is literally light that is traveling. Explain the other. photons have no mass and therefore are as "light" as anything can be > 9. A *blank* walks into a bar and asks the bartender how much > a drink costs. The answer is "For you, no charge". > What subatomic particle fills in the blank? neutron > 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll > have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" > -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide, which is poisonous > in 1884 in unbound sections as work continued. The full first > edition of the dictionary was published in 1928 in 10 volumes. > Which edition of the OED is the most current completed edition? third > was detailed in a popular book, "The Surgeon of Crowthorne". > He did all of it while imprisoned as criminally insane. > What crime had he been charged with? murder > for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files > which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted > between networks." The images are often animated. gif > person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour > and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); > usually with connotations of a low social status." chav > 5. In 2005 the UK word was the name of a type of logic puzzle you > might find in a newspaper. sudoku > 7. This verb was the US word in 2009. You might use it when you > delete someone from your Facebook list. unfriend > 10. The UK word for 2007 was a two-word phrase, defined as > "a measure of the carbon emissions of a particular individual, > organization, or community". carbon footprint -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Nov 04 08:06PM On Sun, 03 Nov 2019 23:48:39 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? > A: Yeah, it went OK. > Explain the pun. O is Oxygen, K is potassium on the periodic table > Hint: The correct word describes a solid that sometimes forms from a > chemical reaction in a liquid solution. It falls out of solution, > and collects in the bottom of the vial. Precipitate > 5. Organic chemistry is difficult. Those who study it have *blank* > of trouble. Fill in the blank. Hint: The correct answer describes a > type of organic compound with one carbon-carbon triple bond. Alkyne > A: An itsy-bitsy book. > Fill in the blank. Hint: The answer he should have given is that > it's an instrument used to cut tissue into thin slices. Microtome > A: The only *blank* I want to see is at the cellular level. > Fill in the blank. Hint: It refers as the indentation created in a > cell's surface when it is about to divide. cleavage > 9. A *blank* walks into a bar and asks the bartender how much > a drink costs. The answer is "For you, no charge". > What subatomic particle fills in the blank? neutron > 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll > have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" > -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. Hydrogen peroxide isn't good to drink > in 1884 in unbound sections as work continued. The full first > edition of the dictionary was published in 1928 in 10 volumes. Which > edition of the OED is the most current completed edition? June 2019 > for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files which > enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted between > networks." The images are often animated. GIF > 6. Despite its definition being "the series of radical political > and cultural upheavals occurring among students and young people in > the 1960s", this was chosen as word of the year in 2017. sit in > 7. This verb was the US word in 2009. You might use it when you > delete someone from your Facebook list. unfriend > 8. The word for 2015 wasn't really a word at all. emoji > not until Sarah Palin made it up. In her defense she claimed, > "Shakespeare liked to coin new words too." The "New Oxford American > Dictionary" defines it as "suggesting a general sense of 'reject'". Refudiate > 10. The UK word for 2007 was a two-word phrase, defined as > "a measure of the carbon emissions of a particular individual, > organization, or community". carbon footprint |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 05 02:05AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:sZ6dnbcxd8IqJiLAnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? > A: Yeah, it went OK. > Explain the pun. O and K are the chemical symbols for oxygen and potassium, respectively. > Hint: The correct word describes a solid that sometimes forms > from a chemical reaction in a liquid solution. It falls out > of solution, and collects in the bottom of the vial. Precipitate > with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light." This joke > actually embodies two different physics puns. One is that a > photon is literally light that is traveling. Explain the other. A photon has no mass > 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll > have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" > -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide. It is poisonous and is used in dying hair > in 1884 in unbound sections as work continued. The full first > edition of the dictionary was published in 1928 in 10 volumes. > Which edition of the OED is the most current completed edition? 15; 16 > for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files > which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted > between networks." The images are often animated. GIF > usually with connotations of a low social status." > 5. In 2005 the UK word was the name of a type of logic puzzle you > might find in a newspaper. Sudoku > in the 1960s", this was chosen as word of the year in 2017. > 7. This verb was the US word in 2009. You might use it when you > delete someone from your Facebook list. Unfriend > 10. The UK word for 2007 was a two-word phrase, defined as > "a measure of the carbon emissions of a particular individual, > organization, or community". Pete Gayde |
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