Too funny..!!! Fell off my chair laughing..:) Wiebe de Jong wrote:
> If you use the strut from an old car, it might have some carbon on it. Take > it to the prom. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:18 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] humour > > Does anyone know how I can do carbon dating using struts.. ? > > I'm using tc4.1, struts 1.1 and postgres. > > Thankyou very much for any help.. > > On 2 Apr 2004, at 19:11, Hookom, Jacob wrote: > > > LOL... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:07 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] humour > > > > Thats right have a laugh, but they'll see I'm right.. > > > > > > On 2 Apr 2004, at 18:58, Adam Hardy wrote: > > > >> Since it's Friday and I felt in need of a little light relief, I > >> looked through my collection of old humour-spam and found this, which > >> is so good I thought you listers would appreciate me sharing it here. > >> > >> The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball who > >> digs things out of his back yard and sends the stuff he finds to the > >> Smithsonian Institute, labelling them with scientific names, > >> insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really > >> exists and does this in his spare time! This is the actual response > >> from the Smithsonian Institution. It is a masterful piece of > >> diplomacy. Bear this in mind next time you are trying to let someone > >> down gently. > >> > >> > >> > >> Smithsonian Institute > >> 207 Pennsylvania Avenue > >> Washington, DC 20078 > >> > >> Dear Sir: > >> Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labelled > >> "93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post...Hominid > >> skull." We have given this specimen a careful and detailed > >> examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your > >> theory that it represents conclusive proof of the presence of Early > >> Man in Charleston County two million years ago. > >> > >> Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie > >> doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, > >> believes to be "Malibu Barbie." It is evident that you have given a > >> great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may > >> be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior > >> work in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your > >> findings. However, we do feel that there are a number of physical > >> attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to its > >> modern origin: > >> > >> 1. The material is moulded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are > >> typically fossilised bone. 2. The cranial capacity of the specimen > >> is approximately 9 cubic centimetres, well below the threshold of > >> even the earliest identified proto-homonids. 3. The dentition > >> pattern evident on the skull is more consistent with the common > >> domesticated dog than it is with the ravenous man-eating Pliocene > >> Clams you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time. This > >> latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses > >> you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the > >> evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going > >> into too much detail, let us say that: > >> > >> A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has > >> chewed on. B. Clams don't have teeth. > >> > >> It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your > >> request to have the specimen carbon dated. This is partially due to > >> the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly > >> due to carbon dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent > >> geologic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were > >> produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon dating is likely to produce > >> wildly inaccurate results. > >> > >> Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National > >> Science Foundation Phylogeny Department with the concept of > >> assigning your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus > >> spiff-arino. Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for > >> the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted > >> down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and > >> didn't really sound like it might be Latin. However, we gladly > >> accept your generous donation of this fascinating specimen to the > >> museum. While it is undoubtedly not a Hominid fossil, it is, > >> nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of work > >> you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that > >> our Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the > >> display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the > >> Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will > >> happen upon next in your digs at the site you have discovered in > >> your back yard. > >> > >> We eagerly anticipate your trip to our nation's capital that you > >> proposed in your last letter, and several of us are pressing the > >> Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing > >> you expand on your theories surrounding the trans-positating > >> fillifitation of ferrous ions in a structural matrix that makes the > >> excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered > >> take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman > >> automotive crescent wrench. > >> > >> Yours in Science, > >> Harvey Rowe > >> Curator, Antiquities > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
