Rob’s Megaphone

Moon “phased” by changing positions
 

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University

A couple of questions, one technical and the other better-rounded.
Question: The moon goes through phases – new, first-quarter, full and third- (or last) quarter. Yet, when we see a first- or third-quarter moon, the face of the moon we see is one-half [...]

I’m lovin it

Hey, You want fries with that shake?

Seriously, just say super size it, and they’ll give you an extra large burger.

Who’s the clown now?

Hey, the sign says have it your way. My way is free.

Seriously, the hamburgler did it.

I need a happy meal.

Photo Typos
There’s talk of making this an olympic event in 2012
I found these olympic hopefuls on various sources in a recent surf search.

 
If you have any Photo Typos like these, I’d love to exhibit them in a new post.

Are you sitting down.
Good!
Rob’s Megaphone was awarded the
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Brillante Weblog Award!
 

I humbly accept this most awesome award 
 
Much appreciation goes to my friend in blogdem: Skye B, who nominated me.
Skye’s wonderfully witty posts can be found on her blog: Ramblings of a Writer
 
The rules for this award are as follows:(1) Put the logo on your blog
(2) Add [...]

“Good evening and welcome to the news . . . This just in - (insert your name here) has committed a despicable crime.”
Imagine if someone published something defamatory and untrue about you.  Your character could be ruined; your reputation forever questioned.
Fortunately, at least in the US, there are laws preventing this scenario from happening.
Unfortunately, the laws aren’t perfect. Let’s [...]

Tumblin’ tumbleweeds are a pain in the west. 

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University

Here are a couple of “What is” questions.
Question: What is tumbleweed? (Asked by some curious dude.)
Reply: “Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds” (Sung by Sons of the Pioneers, if you’re old enough to remember).
 I guess we’ve all seen tumbleweed [...]

Check out these wacky words
 
The only countries in the world with one syllable in their names are Chad, France, Greece, and Spain.
“Four” is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number. 
“Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels [...]