Subject: Science/Weather (Page 10)

No matter how clear the skies are, a thunderstorm will move in 5 minutes after the papers are delivered.

How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks grey?

(1973 – ) American comedian

Statistician: A person who can draw a mathematically precise line from an unwarranted assumption to a foregone conclusion. 

Without geography you're nowhere.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

Not all chemicals are bad; without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways; but he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

Space is almost infinite; as a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Everything else causes cancer in rats.

Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

Technology: The knack of so arranging the world that we need not experience it.

(1911 – 1991) Swiss playwright & novelist

It's so hot, you can lay an egg on the sidewalk.

(1971 – ) American actress

I’d like the window that says “Are you sure you want to do this? “OK/Cancel” to pop up less often on my computer and more in my real life.

Chaos Theory is a new theory invented by scientists panicked by the thought that the public were beginning to understand the old ones.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

Scientists are trying to produce life in the laboratory, but it shouldn’t be difficult if the laboratory assistant is pretty and willing.

(1914 – 1997) American writer

It is so hot… I saw a squirrel fanning his nuts.

There's no place like home.com!

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.

(1857 – 1927) Unitarian Universalist minister

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

(1903 – 1957) Hungarian-American mathematician

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician