Philosophy
- Passing The Plate: A Man Walks Into A Bar Again
My Fellow Comedists: In many houses of worship, they pass a collection plate. Comedists donate jokes of value. Let's go back to the classic theme, "A man walks into a bar..." Dig deep, give your best. My contributions: I believe this one was first...
- Team Building Exercise: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Let's try something new that might become a regular irregular if it works. It's based on the obnoxious corporate team-building exercises. It'll be a sort of trivia relay. The idea is that one can only provide incomplete answers and hints to...
- Passing The Plate: A Man Walks Into A Bar
In many houses of worship, they pass a collection plate. Comedists donate jokes of value. The theme this go 'round is the old standard, "A man walks into a bar..." Dig deep, give your best. My contributions: I believe this one was first told to me...
- Curious Pyramid...the "bent Pyramid"
Bent Pyramid at Dahshur Egypt The lower part of the pyramid has an angle of 54° and the upper part is at 43°. Why is it bent? 1.) Time and/or money. Basically this idea says that they either didn’t have the time or money to finish the pyramid at...
- Oxford's Museum Of The History Of Science Aka Ashmolean After Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole May 23rd, 1617 to May 18th, 1692 Marconi's Coherer Receiver Bill Ashworth of the Linda Hall Library Newsletter wrote... Elias Ashmole, an English alchemist and collector of curiosities and manuscripts, died on May 18, 1692, at age...
Philosophy
Empire State Building...dirigible docking--FAILED
Ephemeral New York...
The Empire State Building was not supposed to be just the tallest skyscraper in the world; its planners also wanted it to have a dirigible docking station at the very top.
It was the late 1920s, and the grand new world of aviation was upon us. With that in mind, the idea was to have a dirigible dock at the building’s spire. Passengers would somehow disembark at the 102nd floor, where an elevator would whisk them down to the street.
But building planners forgot to factor in wind. After the Empire State Building opened in 1931, one dirigible did try to land there to test it out; it didn’t work, and the whole slightly ludicrous idea was scrapped. The spire became the dock for a broadcast tower in 1953.
Maybe inspired by the Popular Science magazine cover [May, 1919].
The Empire State Building was not supposed to be just the tallest skyscraper in the world; its planners also wanted it to have a dirigible docking station at the very top.
It was the late 1920s, and the grand new world of aviation was upon us. With that in mind, the idea was to have a dirigible dock at the building’s spire. Passengers would somehow disembark at the 102nd floor, where an elevator would whisk them down to the street.
But building planners forgot to factor in wind. After the Empire State Building opened in 1931, one dirigible did try to land there to test it out; it didn’t work, and the whole slightly ludicrous idea was scrapped. The spire became the dock for a broadcast tower in 1953.
Maybe inspired by the Popular Science magazine cover [May, 1919].
Empire State Building [Wikipedia]
Empire State Building website
Empire State Building website
- Passing The Plate: A Man Walks Into A Bar Again
My Fellow Comedists: In many houses of worship, they pass a collection plate. Comedists donate jokes of value. Let's go back to the classic theme, "A man walks into a bar..." Dig deep, give your best. My contributions: I believe this one was first...
- Team Building Exercise: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Let's try something new that might become a regular irregular if it works. It's based on the obnoxious corporate team-building exercises. It'll be a sort of trivia relay. The idea is that one can only provide incomplete answers and hints to...
- Passing The Plate: A Man Walks Into A Bar
In many houses of worship, they pass a collection plate. Comedists donate jokes of value. The theme this go 'round is the old standard, "A man walks into a bar..." Dig deep, give your best. My contributions: I believe this one was first told to me...
- Curious Pyramid...the "bent Pyramid"
Bent Pyramid at Dahshur Egypt The lower part of the pyramid has an angle of 54° and the upper part is at 43°. Why is it bent? 1.) Time and/or money. Basically this idea says that they either didn’t have the time or money to finish the pyramid at...
- Oxford's Museum Of The History Of Science Aka Ashmolean After Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole May 23rd, 1617 to May 18th, 1692 Marconi's Coherer Receiver Bill Ashworth of the Linda Hall Library Newsletter wrote... Elias Ashmole, an English alchemist and collector of curiosities and manuscripts, died on May 18, 1692, at age...