Postby 661-Pete » 14 Nov 2018, 5:12pm
A teenage student, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a handy-woman and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighbourhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.
'Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint my porch,' he said, 'How much will you charge me?'
Delighted, the girl quickly responded, 'How about £50?' The man agreed and told her that she’d find a tin of white paint and some brushes in the garage.
The man's wife, hearing the conversation, said to her husband, 'Does she realise that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?'
He responded, 'That's a bit cynical, isn't it?' The wife replied, 'You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes we've been getting by e-mail lately.'
Later that day, the student came to the door to collect her money. 'You're finished already?' the startled husband asked. 'Yes, she replied, and I even had paint left over, so I gave it two coats.' Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the £50 and handed it to her along with a ten pound tip. 'And by the way,' the girl added as she strolled through the gate,
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'it's not a Porsche, it's a Lexus.'
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).