Aliens miniaturize you and place you on a fresh Cheerio floating on milk. You are a few millimetres away from another Cheerio. They give you the option of taking them up on a challenge, “We will give you $1 million if your Cheerio does not touch the other Cheerio; otherwise, we will remove your hand.” […]
It’s another slow boring day at your intergalactic research office in the year 6391 — that is, until your humanoid assistant (H63h95) walks in to tell you that for the first time in humanoid history there is proof of extra terrestrial life. Some old computers have successfully detected a signal from the distraught inhabitants of
On a hot summer day by a lake you are determined to build a boat made of ice, using a refrigeration unit and a large mould in which you can pour water. Near by you notice an Egyptian mummy resting on a pile of wood pulp. What is the best strategy for building an ice
The following is a true story:My friends and I were enjoying the atmosphere (and food) at an authentic English pub in town. We all ordered tea, and the barmaid brought us all our preferred variety. She passed by each of us and asked, “Would you like milk or lemon?” One of my friends simply said
Warbucks and Swig were arguing about the best way to melt ice when Fred walked up.Warbucks was saying, “That’s ridiculous; the best way to melt a block of ice is to put it in the oven.”To which Swig replied, “Nonsense, boiling water is the way to go. You drop the block into a pot of
Diamondback Dan, Copperhead Canyon’s “Teller of Tall Tales”, was bragging to the boys at the Viper’s Den about his ability as a master hunter. “So there I was, all alone in the Arctic wilderness, freezing my tail off even though it was the middle of July, not more than a mile or two from the
Once again, I find myself with two persons who don’t have anything in common and are, right now, arguing.“That is not the real diamond I lent you! You thief! Where is it?” the lady shouted, pointing to the small stone on the hand of the man.“This is the real diamond!” the man objected. “In fact,
Duffus walked through the back door of a toy factory where the paint thinners were stored. He noticed two men working on an aluminium racking system. One man pulled out a cigarette and was about to light it when Duffus pointed at the large “No smoking” signs near the paint thinners. The man scowled and
Theo Cartwright is an amateur actor and playwright. It is his dream to be able to do what he loves professionally. Unfortunately, every time he performs one of his plays, the critics always pick out something that is wrong with it. Today, he performed a heart-warming monologue to a crowd of hundreds, including a critic
A man picked up a plastic water bottle and filled it to the rim with water. He put a ketchup sachet in it and closed it up.The man approached a woman and said, “If you can solve how this works, I’ll give you a dollar.”The man said “down” and the sachet of ketchup suddenly went
After a long day of work, I was relieved. I had been working since 4pm in a circuitry lab, on the next big project. I observed the sun just starting to descend as I started to walk out to my car. All of a sudden, however, I had an urge to sneeze furiously! If it’s
Evil Tribbles may look cute, but they can really make a loud noise when they ROAR!!!A 1-foot tall Green Evil Tribble can register 10 GSU (Galactic Sound Units) on a sound-measuring device that is 5 feet away. Yellow Evil Tribbles are twice as loud, and Red Tribbles… THREE times as loud as their yellow counterparts!So
Welcome to the very first episode of Space Adventures! Viewers, this is a science fiction show like none other. Each week, we will air a new episode. Each week, there will be an event during the show that defies all known Science, and each week, we will award a prize to the first 25 viewers
In Mrs. Farstaff’s Science class, they are holding a contest. She has a glass bottle, and a little bronze ball, the size of which is the exact same as the hole in the bottle. Mrs. Farstaff is giving the student, who can put the ball in the bottle without breaking the glass or destroying the
Mr. Ode had just bought a new factory to start producing hydrogen gas for his alternatively fuelled vehicles. For safety reasons, there could be no flammable materials in the factory, just steel and concrete. Nothing was even painted. He then hired a company to instal a state-of-the-art fire protection system. They had installed hundreds of