Our school correspondent, has written in with the following comment on the Andronov Temperature scale. If you want to see the previous articles on the subject they are here: Let me take your temperature on this and Temperature rising. A little learning is a dangerous thing or so it is said. So as a pedant [...]
Archive for December, 2008
From our school correspondent
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Clothed in sorrow’s dark array
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The other day, while walking down the street, I heard somebody say to their companion, “Sometimes I don’t want to spend an evening out with my colleagues. Sometimes, I’d rather be in my pyjamas.” I was close enough to have said to him, “Why can’t you do both?”. But I didn’t.
Potatoes
Posted in Articles on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A conversation overheard in Italy between an Italian woman and an American woman: American: “What are these?”, looking at the menu, “- crispy potatoes?”.Italian: “Um, well they are a vegetable that grows in the ground. They are white. Quite like a parsnip, but larger.”American: “Oh, I know what a potato is but what is a [...]
Overheard in Rome
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two men walking on a bridge in Rome: Man 1: The fortification here is quite immense. There are loads of cannons up there but you can’t see them because there is a statue in the way. Man 2: Look at that statue over there. Man 1: Yeah, that one’s a lady.
