The Moon Lander, Gangster Mongoose, and One Ugly Sunfish.
So, one year when I was a kid all I wanted was a Mongoose (the bike). I had no idea what a beast the real ones are. Now all I want is an actual mongoose. Hopefully it'll kill all the mice around here:
I'm still not sold on the whole perpetual-motion-is-impossible principle. I know, Newton and all, but I see enough people wearing masks and mindlessly citing evolution to know some perpetual motions are still in play:
I once had a buddy, Wayne. Every other week or so Wayne would bring in a candy bar and give it to the creepy weird guy everyone avoided. When I asked Wayne why he was always giving him candy bars Wayne explained, "Because when that guy snaps and starts shooting everyone he'll look at me and remember I was the one who gave him candy bars and pass me by."
I tell you that because it echoes a universal truth the narrator in this video states. "Being weird is sometimes the best survival strategy."
[Note: some evolutionary mumbo jumbo and a few bleeps at the beginning]
A three-fer of Jared explaining the Apollo moon lander. And yes, I believe we went to the moon. I'm a sucker for cool science that way:
Jared #2. They're short:
Jared #3
Just hanging around a cliff, scraping a few rocks, making bank:
It's really just a conspiracy with the red paint manufacturers. First they cornered the market on barns, then they got the Pizza Hut roofing contract, then the shippers got sucked into the con. Come on, man, try out neon pink just for giggles:
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