Found 4 entries tagged with “story”
- A touching elephant story
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Posted 16 May ‘07
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. - Newspaper stories with an amusing twist 5
Posted 11 December ‘05
I have no idea about the validity of these stories, but they made me smile. - Think you’re having a bad day? 4
Posted 16 November ‘05
This is quite old, but I love it. This (apparently) is a bricklayer’s accident report that was printed in the newsletter of the English equivalent of the Workers’ Compensation Board. - How high is a skyscraper? 1
Posted 6 January ‘05
The following question appeared in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen: “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.” One enterprising student replied: “You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building.”