Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for May 15, 2020

I remember the time I fell off the roof. The first thing I thought was, “Dang, I forgot my space pen!”

I once worked for a company with two divisions. When ours made a profit, we couldn’t have raises because the other one didn’t. When they made a profit, we couldn’t have them because we didn’t.

Cosmonauts had a writing implement for space too. They called it a pencil.

“Is that a Space Pen in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”

Yeah, the Cosmonauts were laughing about the pen. Then one of them (in zero gravity) stuck his pencil in the electric sharpener. Fun to watch. (Yes, I know it’s the mass, not the weight that counts, and the sharpener could sharpen the pencil but not start a Cosmonaut spinning.)

Oh, the irony!

NGAH!