In the very month, nay the very week, when the beginning of the end of western economic civilisation as we know it kicks off, what does that very same western civilisation do ? It delivers the bloody Higgs Boson !As we prepare to hand over the world to assorted heathens and fundamentalists, we bequeath them man's highest achievement in understanding the universe. Not that they'll show us any gratitude.
The answer is 42. Thank you and good night.
ND
And the barman says , "What kept you?"
ReplyDeleteA neutrino walks into a bar.
{this has them splitting their sides in CERN..So I'm told.}
I prefer Sheldon Cooper's.
"I am no longer working on a time travel machine. I figured that if, in the future, I do discover a way to travel back in time, I'll just come back and tell myself how I did it."
"Its really taken the pressure off."
Blimey! BQ's first joke just brought back some memories : our a-level physics master used to tell that one (ad nauseam) back in about '79, 'cept it was a tachyon rather than a neutrino. His other one (i would say favorite, but he only had 2!) was:
ReplyDelete2 hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.
1st one says: "oh no! - I've lost my electron"
2nd: are you sure?
1st : "yep, I'm positive"
Another discovery courtesy of the Large Hardon Collider then?
ReplyDeleteActually they haven't yet found it, they just think they're close.
ReplyDeleteI stick by my prediction that it will turn out they need an even bigger machine in order to be sure about it.
Always does happen that way.
"Escalating commitment to a particular course of action" as sociologists would say.
ReplyDeleteWhen you've spent THAT much money on finding something, you sure as hell better find SOMETHING!
Bill and GSD: My old physics master had only one:
ReplyDeleteThere was a young fellow named Bright
Who travelled much faster than light.
He went out one day in a relative way
and arrived home the previous night.
Funny how you can forget every bit of physics you were ever taught, but still remember idiot rhymes like that!
Dang ! I missed this post, Nick.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. The timing is exquisite and I couldn't agree more that western society is being dragged back to a culture of superstition and the worship of sky fairies and is also at risk of being usurped by those who lack sentimentality, conscience or the responsibility to handle this.
But in keeping with the mood ...
ReplyDeleteOne atom says to another:
"I think I've lost an electron somewhere."
The other replies
"Are you positive ?"
EK - you are a neutrino who in another dimension already arrived here as GSD @ 9:59 ...
ReplyDelete... and I claim my 50 pence
always good to see you Kev - best wishes to you and yours
Nick