WHY A FIRE ENGINE IS RED
(A typical example of engineering logic applied to a topic understandable to the layman.)
A fire engine has four wheels. Each wheel has a tire. Tires are made of rubber. The center of the rubber industry is at Akron [Ohio - he was attending Ohio State]. Akron also manufactures toy Ferdinands from rubber. Ferdinand is a lot of bull. Cows love bulls. Cows give milk. Babies drink milk. Babies come via the stork (I think). Storks stand on one leg. Therefore one leg is always resting. Resting is relaxation. Relaxation is a prerequisite to the enjoyment of the inevitable. Enjoyment is joi de vivre. Joi de vivre is French. French is Greek to me. Socrates was a Greek. Socrates drank from a cup. A cup is a container. A bucket is also a container. Old Man Mose kicked the bucket. Dead men tell no tales. Fairytales minus tales equals fairies. Fairies are elves. Elves are shelves minus sh. Sh means silence. Silence is golden. Golden plus rod equals goldenrod. Goldenrod causes hayfever. Hayfever is very annoying as a rule. Rule and ruler are synonymous. Queen Mary was a ruler. Queen Mary is also a boat. Many boats are made of wood. Pulp is made from wood. Paper is made from pulp. That is news. News plus paper equals newspaper. Newspapers are read. *That* is why a fire engine is red.
Comment: which all goes to prove that silly humor has been around forever, but it was a lot harder to transmit when each copy had to by typed by hand!
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