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Lefsa, Lefsa
Posted by Dr. Science on 08/15/2014
Is there any real food value in Lefsa?
———- from Leif Erickson ofRockford, Illinois
Lefsa, or, as it’s sometimes known, the Norwegian taco, has no food value at all. Nor does Lutefisk, the so-called “chicken of the lake’. Lutefisk and Lefsre are therefore ideal candidates for a fast food chain. The rock star Prince is planning to open such a chain, with funding from the Dr. Science website, as a matter of fact. Prince’s real name, as you probably know is Olaf Nyquist. The food chain may be called Olaf’s Fish’n’Flakes and will reflect Prince’s proud Norwegian heritage. Drive up in a red Corvette, party like it’s 1999 and you’ll get your first fish free. Unless he reads this.
Lefsa, or, as it’s sometimes known, the Norwegian taco, has no food value at all. Nor does Lutefisk, the so-called “chicken of the lake’. Lutefisk and Lefsre are therefore ideal candidates for a fast food chain. The rock star Prince is planning to open such a chain, with funding from the Dr. Science website, as a matter of fact. Prince’s real name, as you probably know is Olaf Nyquist. The food chain may be called Olaf’s Fish’n’Flakes and will reflect Prince’s proud Norwegian heritage. Drive up in a red Corvette, party like it’s 1999 and you’ll get your first fish free. Unless he reads this.The Flintstones
Posted by Dr. Science on 08/13/2014
Are Fred and Wilma Flintstone still married after all these years?
———- from Barbara Hanna ofSlippery Rock, PA
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, Fred and Wilma were divorced in 1979. Fred ordered ribs at the drive in and tipped the car over one too many times. Wilma filed the papers a day later. Wilma got custody of the kids and pets, but the separation took its psychological toll. After extensive therapy and even a session at the Betty Boop Clinic, she has once again developed a close relationship with Bam Bam, who is a slightly overweight cosmetologist in Van Nuys, California, and Pebbles, an Army recruiter stationed in the Omaha area. Nobody knows what’s happened to Fred through all this. If anyone knows, please tell me. Dr. Science cares. But not for the movie.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, Fred and Wilma were divorced in 1979. Fred ordered ribs at the drive in and tipped the car over one too many times. Wilma filed the papers a day later. Wilma got custody of the kids and pets, but the separation took its psychological toll. After extensive therapy and even a session at the Betty Boop Clinic, she has once again developed a close relationship with Bam Bam, who is a slightly overweight cosmetologist in Van Nuys, California, and Pebbles, an Army recruiter stationed in the Omaha area. Nobody knows what’s happened to Fred through all this. If anyone knows, please tell me. Dr. Science cares. But not for the movie.Mice and Honey
Posted by Dr. Science on 08/11/2014
Why don’t mice make honey?
———- from Kuddie ofTramping on the Rails in Somewhere, USA
Well, they do, sort of. Mice excrete a clear, odorless liquid that confuses a cat’s sense of smell. This liquid quickly hardens into small cubelets that cats mistake for breath mints. Having a permanent case of halitosis from a constant diet of yucky cat food, cats eat the pseudo-mint and become incapable of smelling or catching the aforementioned mouse. Science, too , has learned a lesson from the resourceful mouse and come up with a synthetic form of this mouse secretion that’s taken by people who work in sewage treatment plants. So you see, mice and men have much in common.
Well, they do, sort of. Mice excrete a clear, odorless liquid that confuses a cat’s sense of smell. This liquid quickly hardens into small cubelets that cats mistake for breath mints. Having a permanent case of halitosis from a constant diet of yucky cat food, cats eat the pseudo-mint and become incapable of smelling or catching the aforementioned mouse. Science, too , has learned a lesson from the resourceful mouse and come up with a synthetic form of this mouse secretion that’s taken by people who work in sewage treatment plants. So you see, mice and men have much in common.The Work of Mojo
Posted by Dr. Science on 08/08/2014
What exactly is “mojo” and how do you get your “mojo working”?
———- from Joey Terry Skeletons ofSpringfield, MO
One’s mojo is a hard thing to measure, but science is working on it. In the mojo laboratories located in Wop Bop A Loo Bop a Wop Bam Boom, New Jersey, science is working hard to locate the mojo. A difficult task, we admit. Mojo has been found in pink sports coats, highly reflective sunglasses, blue suede shoes, even in the back seat of a ’62 Mercury. Mojo has not been found in Calvin Klein’s, Julio Iglesias records, or hair styling mousse. Until science can find the elusive mojo, you might be out of luck. Stamp collecting can be fun and profitable and help you pass the time until you can find your mojo and get it working. We all have one, my friend.
One’s mojo is a hard thing to measure, but science is working on it. In the mojo laboratories located in Wop Bop A Loo Bop a Wop Bam Boom, New Jersey, science is working hard to locate the mojo. A difficult task, we admit. Mojo has been found in pink sports coats, highly reflective sunglasses, blue suede shoes, even in the back seat of a ’62 Mercury. Mojo has not been found in Calvin Klein’s, Julio Iglesias records, or hair styling mousse. Until science can find the elusive mojo, you might be out of luck. Stamp collecting can be fun and profitable and help you pass the time until you can find your mojo and get it working. We all have one, my friend.8th Grade Science Experiments
Posted by Dr. Science on 08/06/2014
Do you know of any good science experiments for an eighth grader???
———- from Bob Pease ofSan Francisco
Have you thought about one of those paper mache volcanoes with vinegar and baking soda inside to make it erupt? Or how about the different stages of chick embryo development inside common hen’s eggs? All you have to do for that one is glue an egg to a piece of construction paper, and then attach pieces of yarn to different drawings you copied out of some book. Be sure to use colored pencils. Or you could get really daring and illustrate human reproduction using Barbie and Ken dolls. Make sure they’re legally married first, in case there’s a problem with community standards.
Have you thought about one of those paper mache volcanoes with vinegar and baking soda inside to make it erupt? Or how about the different stages of chick embryo development inside common hen’s eggs? All you have to do for that one is glue an egg to a piece of construction paper, and then attach pieces of yarn to different drawings you copied out of some book. Be sure to use colored pencils. Or you could get really daring and illustrate human reproduction using Barbie and Ken dolls. Make sure they’re legally married first, in case there’s a problem with community standards. 