Physics Pop Quiz!
If you are standing on the Moon, and holding a rock, and you let it go, it will:
(a) float away
(b) float where it is
(c) move sideways
(d) fall to the ground
(e) none of the above
When the Apollo astronauts were on the Moon, they did not fall off because:
(a) the Earth’s gravity extends to the Moon
(b) the Moon has gravity
(c) they wore heavy boots
(d) they had safety ropes
(e) they had spiked shoes
(Thanks Tom!)
Without Sir Clement Freud I Would Never Have Learned the Correct Way to Make an Omelette
(This blog post almost got trashed because I had such difficulty deciding on the best clip to put with it. In the end I stole one from the Guardian’s tribute. It’s a great Just a Minute moment but by no means the best Clement Freud moment. If you need something clever and amusing to listen to, there are collections of hundreds of hours of Just a Minute to be found on bittorrent. I strongly recommend it.
I’ve always meant to write a post about my love for the BBC Radio show Just a Minute. Consider this post a preview.)
I feel very sad today after reading on Neil Gaiman’s journal that Clement Freud has died. His regular appearance on Just a Minute became one of those familiar things that I thought would always be.
Thanks for all the lists, limericks, advice and recipes!
A Reason To Leave Blog Comments (*hint*hint*)
Tom Scott, maker of stuff, has an interesting comment about the way we currently communicate on the internet.
Reactions?
Worst Dinner Ever
Chocolate Covered Peeps
#100k
The winners of Neil Gaiman‘s twitter-run caption contest, #100k, have been announced. (This one’s by styromus.)
Don’t get eaten!
Quick post to say the casual browser game Legends of Zork is open!
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Enjoy your April Fools Day!