Problem 67 Bob and Kathy, two construction workers on the roof of a building, are about to raise a keg of nails from the ground by means of a light rope passing over a light frictionless pulley 10.0 m above the ground. Bob weighs 900 N, Kathy 600 N, the keg 300 N, and the nails 600 N. Both workers slip off the roof, and the following unfortunate sequence of events takes place. Hanging together on the rope, Bob and Kathy strike the ground just as the keg hits the pulley. Unnerved by his fall, Bobโ€ฆ

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Morality stories A teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. Kathy said, "My father's a farmer and we have a lot of egg-laying hens. One time we were taking our eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the pickup when we hit a bump in the road and all the eggs went flying and broke and made a mess." "And what's the moral of the story?โ€ฆ

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In a first grade class in an elementary school on Long Island The teacher asked everyone to raise their hand if they are a Mets fan. Everyone raised their hand except for Kathy. The teacher asked Kathy โ€œwhy didnโ€™t you raise your hand?โ€ Kathy responded โ€œbecause Iโ€™m a Yankees fan.โ€ Pressing further, the teacher asked Kathy why she was a Yankees fan. Kathy says โ€œwell my mom is a Yankees fan, and my dad is a Yankees fan, so Iโ€™m a Yankees fan.โ€ The teacher then asks Kathy โ€œwell what if your moโ€ฆ

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Kathy's New Job After a long stint in prison, Kathy managed to secure herself a job at a candy shop She arrived on the first day wearing a proper yet practical dress. However, her first day was set to be retrieving candy at the front register The first customer came, looked at the candy, and asked for liquorice. This was on the top shelf, so Kathy had to climb up and down the ladder to get it The second customer came, checked the candy shelf, and asked for peppermint. These were also on the โ€ฆ

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An oldie, but a goodie The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests. The Hotel ended up submitting the letters to the London Sunday Times. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Maid, Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and anotherโ€ฆ

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