I first heart the “chicken gun” story in the 70s, it was the U.S. Air Force that built the gun to test the canopies of jet fighters, and a team of not-too-bright technicians who didn’t thaw the chicken.
I don’t know if I’ve shared my signs of model railroad addiction on this board before, but in any case, here is the link…
How to To Tell If You’re a Model Train Addict
And the thread where people added some of their own in the About.com forum is here.
Best!
I like the ‘chicken’ one,but it could’nt have happened on a UK HST-if shot from the front,an unthawed chicken would have finished up in the Diner,4 cars back,most of the front was Fibre-glass[:-^]
Steve
Are there any other kind of Blondes?
OOPS. I better not let my D.I.L. read that one. She’s blonde and she was smart enough to catch my wirst born.
Irv
Israel is a small country as countries go but you reminded of this story.
A Texan goes to visit a Kibbutz (cooperative farm) in Israel to see how they do things there. While taking to his guide he says the following:
Ya know I’ve got so much land back in Texas that I can get into my car and ride in it all day and still not come to the end of my land.
The Israeli answers:
“I once had a car like that!”
Irv
i had to read that one twice to get it.
New Yorker: Where does this train track go, farmer?
Vermonter: Don’t go nowhere. It’s been in the same place since I was born.
The difference between a fairie tale and a railroad story:
A fairie tale begins “Once upon a time”; A railroad story begins “This aint no s**t”
I’ve driven across Texas. I definitely got THAT joke!
4 hours of eastbound train travel from New Orleans would probably put you in Florida.
Kind of reminds me of the problem I give my Algebra students: a train leaves NYC heading west at 50 mph and an hour later a train leaves Chicago heading east on a parallel track at 40 mph. If it’s 800 miles between NYC and Chicago, how far apart are the trains when they meet?
Don’t work too hard on this one, remember the subject of this post.
Two fellows who stayed way-too-long at a New York City bar try to make their way home. As they stagger down the sidewalk, one accidentally goes down a subway entrance and emerges several blocks away, rejoining his friend.
“Hey, where 'ya been?” says his friend.
“Man!” said the other, “I’ve just been stumbling around in some guy’s basement, and you should see his train set!!!”
Jim
Q: Why are some flatcars depressed?
A: Because they have a low opinion of themselves.
Just a few feet!!
So did I. That’s my home state.
Yes, I gathered that. But I’m wracking my brains trying to work out what the actual phrase was…
Mark.
Yeah, got that bit. What I didn’t get was the phrase “G–D-----”, still trying to work that out.
Mark.
a less nasty term would be Gosh Darnit!
there was to guys on the plat form waiting for the train and the first guy said you wana know how to get a free train ride? the other guy said ya, so the train pulls up and guy #1 dissapears, then later in the ride the second guy goes to the bathroom and he turns on the sink and guy #1 appears. guy #2 asks how did you do that? guy #1 says well, no one ever checks for smugglers in the sinks.
i dont read french[:-^]
german?