Category Archives: Don’t ask me

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> …or mathematicians are an endangered species and we’re going to run out of them at this rate. I’m sure that there’s a theorum out there that will tell us when….

>Depending on your political persuasion. – Posted using BlogPress

> Bumped into my orthopaedic consultant in the supermarket just now. “How are you?” he asked. I asked him whether an answer would involve the usual consultancy fees or whether he was just being polite. He laughed. Just.

> Q. What do you call an elevator full of intelligent, slim, softly spoken people? A. A lift.

> From the Washington Post Style Invitation, in which it was postulated that English should have male and female nouns, and readers were asked to assign a gender to nouns of their choice and explain their reason. The best submissions: … Continue reading →

> With the introduction of Viagra to fix a perennial male problem, a British pharmaceutical company is working to redress the balance: MIRRORCILLIN – A 5cc dose enables a woman to walk past mirrors for up tofour hours without pausing … Continue reading →

> Some budding scientists in Mainz have come up with this stuff and I think they’re on the wrong track.  They say: V2O5 nanowires exhibit an intrinsic catalytic activity towards classical peroxidase substrates such as 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and 3,3,5,5,-tetramethylbenzdine … Continue reading →

> My electric toothbrush is in my suitcase under a pile of thousands of orphaned bags at Frankfurt airport. I’ve been using electric toothbrushes for so long, I’m feeling a bit lost. I unpacked a Luddite version last night in … Continue reading →