{"id":6752,"date":"2016-06-24T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=6752"},"modified":"2016-06-25T07:40:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:40:28","slug":"rim-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=6752","title":{"rendered":"Rim Shot."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve been snowed under lately, head down in a late-breaking gig that I can&#8217;t say anything about except to tell you that I can&#8217;t say anything about it (and even that might edging up against the confidentiality clause). I did, however, take a few days off to hang with a childhood friend of mine who grew up to be an opera singer with questionable taste in Science jokes. So for want of filler, I thought I&#8217;d share the ones I can still remember him rattling off as he, I, and the Mighty BUG stumbled forth from Murphy&#8217;s Law last weekend:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6753\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/squordles.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6753\" class=\" wp-image-6753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/squordles-433x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Only one of this trinity is to blame; the other two are an author photo. If it helps any, his singing is way better than his stand-up. \" width=\"317\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/squordles-433x1024.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/squordles-127x300.jpg 127w, https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/squordles.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only one of this trinity is to blame; the other two are an author photo.<\/p>\n<p>If it helps any, his singing is <i>way<\/i> better than his stand-up.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My God, I&#8217;ve lost an electron!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you sure?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m positive!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>A Higgs boson slides into the front pew. The priest asks what it&#8217;s doing there.<\/p>\n<p>The boson replies, &#8220;You can&#8217;t have mass without me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second orders one-and-a-half beers. The third orders one-and-three-quarter beers. The fourth orders\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay, <em>enough<\/em>.&#8221; The bartender slams two beers down on the counter. &#8220;You guys should know your limits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>Three statisticians go duck hunting. The first one shoots wide to the right; the second shoots wide to the left. The third says, &#8220;We got him!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were others, but I think they were better.<\/p>\n<p>This may be it from me for a while. I&#8217;m heading off to Greece in a few days and it&#8217;s pure vacation, so unless my\u00a0<em>Nowa Fantastyka<\/em> review of Smolin&#8217;s &#8220;Time Reborn&#8221; comes out of exclusivity (or my review of recent findings on Insect Consciousness, whatever comes first),\u00a0 it&#8217;ll probably be a couple of weeks before you hear from me again.<\/p>\n<p>Talk quietly amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve been snowed under lately, head down in a late-breaking gig that I can&#8217;t say anything about except to tell you that I can&#8217;t say anything about it (and even that might edging up against the confidentiality clause). 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