Ideal of Chivalry

[selenite0]

celticdragonfly and I get into odd technical discussions sometimes. Last night she was making me explain the physics of bullet-proof vests. I naturally put in some simplifying assumptions to make it easier for me to describe things and she promptly teased me with the joke about physicists and the spherical cow. The conversation continued like this:

selenite "So we have a perfectly spherical knight with a rigid breastplate . . ."

celticdragonfly "I think I've met him!"

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[wolfrick.livejournal.com]

The punchline of the version I heard from my physics prof (as he drew a circle on the board, "Okay, assume a spherical chicken...."

Bio majors don't have to take much physics but:

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Ours was a cow, too. Here' my home-made physics joke:

Q: What's "new"?
A: Cee over lambda!

Two biology jokes:
1) Two biologist are observing the campus' springtime scenery, and as a particularly charming example passes by the one reminds himself that "after all, it's mostly just (55%) water." "Yes," agreed the other, "but just look at the surface tension--!

2) A really handy male birth-control device would be a kind of valve on the vas deferens which could be turned on and off remotely. I call it a
stop-c0ck. (yes, I made this one up myself. I was 15, okay?)

Re: Bio majors don't have to take much physics but:

[wolfrick.livejournal.com]

"Cow" is funnier, since chickens are pretty much spherical anyway.