I do not think that word means what you think it means! -- The Princess Bride
I spotted this sign in the bathroom of the Minneapolis Macy's yesterday. Being an Oak Ridge kid, I stood there and seriously considered it for a minute before I busted out laughing.
Technically speaking, of course, it's accurate -- and now I can hear Flanders and Swann:
Heat can pass by conduction,
And heat can pass by convection,
And heat can pass by radiation,
And that's a physical law!
But yeah -- where are the yellow-and-magenta tape and the guys in the decon suits?
Posted by: Bonnie | January 27, 2008 at 04:06 PM
I know it's technically accurate, but I still think that word doesn't mean what they think it means.
Posted by: Laura | January 27, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Snicker!
Posted by: nell | January 27, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Yeah, I would have to do a double-take too. I still think of myself as an INEL kid.
Posted by: Barbara | January 28, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Posted by: David | January 28, 2008 at 05:33 AM
Everyone knows Oak Ridgers glow in the dark, right?
Posted by: Bears | January 28, 2008 at 07:51 AM
That sign is pretty darn funny... now for how to get them put in my school... -evil laugh-
My history teacher was asking if anyone had been to Tennessee. I told him I had. Then I told him my dad was from Oak Ridge. Then I said my DNA was radioactive.
Then he told me to go sit on the other side of the room...
It was funny.
Posted by: Katie | January 29, 2008 at 01:09 PM
Memo to self: Radioactive DNA or not, this one is NOT a mutant. She is far too much like the rest of us.
You GO, Katie!
Posted by: Bonnie | February 04, 2008 at 08:01 PM