In loving memory of Tom Hogg, 1943–2023
MoFunny for
July 23, 2027
What is an X-Ray?
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Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. -- Mark Twain
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. - Author - George Moore
Each foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons.
In 1822, in his book Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas DeQuincy invented the word "tranquilizer" to describe the effect of opium.
Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
After learning the Lamaze method of natural childbirth, I was admitted to the delivery room with my wife.
It seemed like an eternity before the doctor finally announced, "I've got the head now; just a few more minutes."
"Is it a girl or boy?" I asked excitedly.
The doctor replied, "I don't know. It's hard to tell by the ears."
A vacationer e-mailed a seaside hotel to ask its location.
"It's only a stone's throw away from the beach," he was told.
"But how will I recognize it?" asked the man.
The reply was, "It's the one with all the broken windows."
Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
A blackjack dealer and a player with a thirteen count in his hand were arguing about whether or not it was appropriate to tip the dealer.
The player said, "When I get bad cards, it's not the dealer's fault.
Accordingly, when I get good cards, the dealer obviously had nothing to do with it so, why should I tip him?"
The dealer said, "When you eat out do you tip the waiter?"
"Yes."
"Well then, he serves you food, I'm serving you cards so you should tip me."
"Okay, but, the waiter gives me what I ask for. I'll take an eight."
A man was crossing a road one day, when a chicken called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess."
He bent over, picked up the chicken, and put it in his pocket. The chicken spoke up again, and said,
"If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will tell everyone how smart and brave you are, and how you are my hero."
The man took the chicken out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket.
The chicken spoke up again, and said,
"If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for an entire week."
The man took the chicken out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket. The chicken then cried out,
"If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for a year, and do ANYTHING you want."
Again, the man took the chicken out, smiled at it, and put it back into his pocket.
Finally, the chicken asked, "What is the matter with you? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a year, and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"
The man said, "Look, Chick, I'm a software engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking chicken is cool."
You might be a redneck if…
Your favorite Christmas present was a painting on black velvet.
Newspapers
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crosswords.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave LA to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country .... or that anyone is running it; but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist dwarfs, who also happen to be illegal aliens from ANY country or galaxy as long as they are Democrats.
10. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.
11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
In the dim and distant past
When life's tempo wasn't so fast,
Grandma used to rock and knit,
Crochet, tat and baby sit.
When the kids were in a jam,
They could always call on Gram.
But today she's in the gym
Exercising to keep slim.
She's checking the web or surfing the net,
Sending some e-mail or placing a bet.
Nothing seems to stop or block her,
Now that Grandma's off her rocker.
What is an X-Ray?
An X-ray picture is really a picture of the shadows cast by the denser materials (like bones) in your body.
These shadows are projected onto a film that has been coated with a sensitive material. The film is developed in a manner very similar to a photograph.
If the doctor suspects that you have a broken bone he will probably take an X-ray picture to check. X-rays are made of the same electromagnetic particles as light but with a much shorter wavelength. These shorter wavelengths allow X-rays to pass through the human body.
X-rays are produced in a special tube. Most of the air is pumped out of the tube. The tube holds a negatively charged electrode called a cathode. Inside the cathode is a tungsten wire which will give off electrons when heated. The tube also contains an anode, or target electrode. The anode is also made of tungsten. When the electrons emitted by the cathode hit the tungsten anode they are stopped abruptly and some of their energy is turned into X-radiation.
X-rays were named by their discoverer, Wilhelm Roentgen. He used the mathematical symbol X, which stands for an unknown, to denote his unknown rays.