Just a thought about the U.S.

[Bartster]

You're right Harry, me included on this one. LOL That one got away from me!

......That eluded me as well 1st time l read it!

[CorvairJim]

I think this whole Mars landing thing as an allusion, uh, ellusion, um, ILLUSION! It's just a hoax perpetrated by NASA, who got Harry to Photoshop it for them!

[southpier]

so as a population, "we" take credit for the accomplishments of a couple of dozen people?

that sounds about right.

[Ace-Garageguy]

so as a population, "we" take credit for the accomplishments of a couple of dozen people?

That's pretty funny, and sadly so very very accurate. Maybe more than "a couple of dozen", but it's an excellent point.

I also tend to think the lack of engaged parents teaching children to tie shoes, communicate in basic English, and to tell time has little to do with the space program, but a lot to do with laziness and ignorance, which is still voluntary on the part of the lazy and ignorant.

Edited August 14, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy

[dustym]

We have to find the Martian Indians first.

Wouldnt that be Native Martians?

[Harry P.]

so as a population, "we" take credit for the accomplishments of a couple of dozen people?

that sounds about right.

No, we don't all take credit. But we all benefit.

[Danno]

No, we don't all take credit. But we all benefit.

And we all paid for it ~ taxes provided the funding. I'd say "we" all had a role to play. That "couple of dozen people" didn't cover the costs from their own pockets.

[Harry P.]

So... to get back to the beginning of this thread, we did win the Olympics (if "winning the Olympics" means winning the most medals. And I think it does. )

[CadillacPat]

You mean "alluded" to.

Good catch Harry!!!!!!!!!!!

And also here where the guy used "are" instead of "our"---------We may be fat, but are teeth are better

CadillacPat

[Burnout]

I got a good laugh out of that poster and even shared it with a few friends. Unfortunately, there is an element of truth to the fat and stupid (read: poorly schooled) claim.

[sjordan2]

I just thought I'd attempt to make this pertinent to the forum.

[Harry P.]

I just thought I'd attempt to make this pertinent to the forum.

I thought we were talking about winning the Olympics and landing on Mars...

[peter31a]

We are. That's Marvin the Martian from the cartoons. Martian? Car- toons? Martian? Car? Applicable n'est pas?

[Harry P.]

Marvin the Martian? Never heard of him.

Ok, I googled it. Now I can say I've heard of him...

[sak]

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

[martinfan5]

Marvin the Martian? Never heard of him.

Ok, I googled it. Now I can say I've heard of him...

What!!, you never heard of Marvin the martian?, how can that be?, I mean, you both are from the same planet :lol:

In all seriousness, did you never watch loony tunes?

[Harry P.]

Yeah, I know Loony Tunes. But I've never heard of that character before.

[zenrat]

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

Woo hoo! 13th.

And we're catching up fast with the fatness thing...

Re the "Face on Mars". Modern higher resolution images of the same area reveal...

...nothing. It was an artifact of the relative crudeness of the imaging used back then (or, NASA are covering it up by photoshopping the new pics).

[Agent G]

not NASA,

MiB

G

[Jamez]

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

USA : 49th. I think you lost

[sjordan2]

Yeah, I know Loony Tunes. But I've never heard of that character before.

[moonmodler]

I didn't see TANG on the list of worldly contributions from the space program. I'm just sayin'. LOL

[peekay]

So New Zealand beat America in the per capita score.

(Notice I didn't say "beat the ###### out of" - that would sound boastful and arrogant).

[Harry P.]

But we beat China in the per capita score. And in the real score too.

[peekay]

I've since found out that New Zealand (pop. 4 million) was represented by 184 athletes. Average per country was 42 - puts a new slant on the per capita score.