As an assistant professor, I taught during the day and did research at night. I would usually take a break around eight, however, to play the strategy game Warcraft online with a teammate.
One night I was paired with a veteran of the game who was a master strategist. With him at the helm, our troops crushed one opponent after another, and after six games we were undefeated. Suddenly, my fearless leader informed me his mom wanted him to go to bed.
"How old are you?" I typed.
"Twelve," he replied. "How old are you?"
Feeling my face redden, I answered, "Ten."
In loving memory of Tom Hogg, 1943–2023
MoFunny for
Thursday
January 14, 2027
Trivia question....
What bird throws stones with its beak to open ostrich eggs?
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Consider these words of wisdom....
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -- Abraham Lincoln, speech in Washington D.C., 1865
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great. -- Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. -- Spanish Proverb
I bet ya' didn't know....
Two researchers at Columbia University calculated the value of pi to 2,260,321,336 places.
The Manchurian Lotus in the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, D.C., grew from seeds that had lain dormant in the bed of a lake in Manchuria for several thousand years.
Things that make you go Hmmm....
Why is the time of the day with the slowest traffic called "rush hour?"
Jokes & stories....
George goes to the Birth Registration Office to register his newborn son.
The man behind the counter asks the name he wants to give to the boy, and the father replies: "Euro."
The man says that such a name is not acceptable, because it's a currency.
Says George: "What? There weren't any objections when I called my first two sons Mark and Frank."
What would chairs look like if our legs bent the other way?
The Governor made room on his busy calendar to hear the pleas of one Mrs. Smith that her husband be released from the state penitentiary. "What was he sentenced for?" asked the Governor gently.
"For stealing a loaf of bread," nervously replied the offender's wife.
"Is he a good husband?"
"No," she replied frankly, blushing a bit. "He beats me when he gets drunk, he bullies our children, he's unfaithful, and really not much good at all."
"It sounds to me as though you're better off without him," said the Governor. "Why on earth do you want him out of jail?"
"Well," she explained, "we're out of bread again."
Some friends were sitting at the bar talking about their professions.
The first guy says "I'm a Y.U.P.P.I.E, you know....
Young, Urban, Professional, Peaceful; Intelligent; Ecologist."
The second guy says "I'm a D.I.N.K, you know....Double Income, No Kids."
The third guy says, "I'm a R.U.B., you know...Rich, Urban, Biker."
They turn to the woman and ask her, "What are you?"
She replies: "I'm a W.I.F.E, you now....Wash, Iron, F***, Etc."
A second gal answers their question before they even ask it:
"B.I.T.C.H."
"So, just exactly what is a B.I.T.C.H?" they ask in unison.
* B - BABE
* I - IN
* T - TOTAL
* C - CONTROL of
* H - HERSELF
So ladies, next time somebody calls you "Bitch"...SMILE......and say Thank You!
You might be a redneck if…
Your coffee table used to be a telephone cable spool.
An elderly couple are vacationing in the West. Sam always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots. Seeing some on sale one day, he buys them, wears them home, walking proudly. He walks into their room and says to his wife, "Notice anything different, Bessie?"
Bessie looks him over, "Nope."
Sam says excitedly "Come on Bessie, take a good look. Notice anything different about me?"
Bessie looks again, "Nope."
Frustrated, Sam storms off into the bathroom, undresses, and walks back into the room completely naked except for his boots. Again he asks, a little louder this time, "Notice anything different?"
Bessie looks up and says "Sam, what's different? It's hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday, it'll be hanging down again tomorrow."
Furious, Sam yells, "And do you know why it is hanging down, Bessie? It's hanging down because its looking at my new boots!!!"
Bessie replies "Should'a bought a hat, Sam."
Starkle, starkle, little twink,
who the hell are you I think?
I'm not under what you call the alcofluence of incohol.
I'm just a little slort of sheep,
I'm not drunk like thinkle peep.
I don't know who is me yet,
but the drunker I stand here,
the longer I get.
So, just give me one more fink to drill my cup, cause I got all day sober to Sunday up.

Trivia answer....
What bird throws stones with its beak to open ostrich eggs?
The Egyptian vulture, a white bird about the size of a raven, throws stones with its beak to open ostrich eggs to eat. This bird is one of the very few animals that, like man, manipulates objects as tools.
The Egyptian vulture is an unmistakable creamy white or buff vulture with a distinctive wedge-shaped white tail and black flight feathers, a bare yellow face and a slender bill.
The Egyptian vulture is relatively small, which helps it get to carcasses and carrion before other larger vultures. This is because it is less dependent open thermal air currents when flying. Egyptian vultures like to roost in caves in cliffs if available and can be numerous there. Near the Equator they stay in one area, but European and most African birds are migratory.
