Subject: Science/Weather (Page 2)

Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy.

(1819 – 1880) American oil driller

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

It is so hot… potatoes cook underground.

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

I put tape on the mirrors in my house, so that I won’t accidentally walk through another dimension.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.

(1806 – 1871) English mathematician

Trees that grow in smoggy cities are needed to make carbon paper.

comedian

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press 3.

(1943 – 2004) author & psychologist

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web…. Now even my cat has its own page.

How many Freudians does it take to change a lightbulb? Two. One to change the bulb and the other to hold his penis… sorry – I mean ladder.

(1965 – ) British-Iranian comedian, actor & writer

Sleet: A slipcover.

Free Advice: Bundle Up When Out In the Cold

What goes up must come down… but don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.

(1918 – 1988) American physicist

In India, ‘cold weather’ is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door knob and weather which only makes it mushy.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction — from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

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

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

It was so cold… I chipped a tooth on my soup.

It was so cold… polar bears were buying fur coats.

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian