The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:11:10 +0000
Hiya Loonies... More stuff sent to me ages ago...this time from Len... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx *************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************* *****<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>*****<bloodaxe@geocities.com>***** *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** Archive: http://eleceng.ukc.ac.uk/~pjw/loonies/ *** *** *** *******************Internet Goddess******************** **********************ANDROMEDA************************ ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- Here are some interesting scientific facts of which you may not of been aware. These were culled from essays submitted to the New Scientist by children - at least I think and hope its children and not science university students. # H2O is hot water and CO2 is cold water. # To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a bunsen flame in a test tube. # Three kinds of blood vessel are arteries, vanes and caterillars. #The moon is a planet, just like earth, only it is even deader. # Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull. # Mushrooms always grow in damp places, so they look like umbrellas. # Magnet: something you find crawling all over a dead cat. # Planet a body of earth surrounded by sky. # Rhubarb: a kind of celery gone bloodshot. # Vacuum: a large empty space were the pope lives. # The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in the fight. # The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects. A compilation of young scholars comments from texts and essays sent to the New Scientist. Guardian 5/7/96