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Think I may have posted this before, but I was reminded of it by a colleague again recently – it’s an oldie but a goodie: Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathered them around him He taught them saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God. [...]

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If Microsoft made Cars

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: December 2, 2010

Pulled this down from the internet some time ago – I’m sure it’s been updated many times since if you feel the urge to search: Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving [...]

Science and Religion with Mr. Diety

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: August 15, 2010

Pretty much self-explanatory. This one is about the somewhat tricky concept of how to create both matter and time. Mind you I’m not sure Science is doing much better at an explanation, but we tend to hide that little fact behind a barrage of highly technical and long-winded sentences so it’s not so obvious. And [...]

Apres-budget blues: the new tax-form

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: April 9, 2009

Currently doing ‘the rounds’ as they say: Thanks James.

Out of the mouths of babes . . .

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 11, 2009

These are doing the rounds on the email circuit (thanks Ciaran). Wonderful, yet terribly sad in that we associate these silly answers with young ‘uns, probably because older students have had this lateral thinking ‘educated’ out of them. TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to [...]


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