11-07-2003, 08:54 PM
I recieved this in my email today and thought some of you might find it as funny as I did:
[font "Trebuchet MS"][black][size 3]When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.[/size][/black][/font]
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The Russians used a pencil.
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[font "Trebuchet MS"][black][size 3]Enjoy paying your taxes[/size][/black][/font][font "Trebuchet MS"][black][/black][/font]
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[font "Trebuchet MS"][black][size 3]When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.[/size][/black][/font]
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The Russians used a pencil.
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[font "Trebuchet MS"][black][size 3]Enjoy paying your taxes[/size][/black][/font][font "Trebuchet MS"][black][/black][/font]
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