Fred and Luke were fishing on the side of the road. They made a sign saying:
THE END IS NEAR! TURN YOURSELF AROUND
NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!
…and showed it to each passing car.
One driver that passed didn't appreciate the sign and shouted out his window, “Leave me alone you nuts!”
All of a sudden they heard a big splash.
Fred turned to Luke, “do you think we should just put up a sign that says: ‘Bridge Out Ahead' instead?”
Roger AdamsBorn 2 Jan 1889; died 6 Jul 1971 at age 82. American organic chemist who joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1916, which he converted into the leading centre of organic chemistry in the U.S. and forged links with industry, notably with Du Pont. Adams worked out the chemical composition of various natural substances, including chaulmoogra oil (which is used in treating leprosy), gossypol (a toxic cottonseed pigment), marijuana, and many alkaloids. He also worked in stereochemistry and with platinum catalysts and the synthesis of medicinal compounds. His name is associated with chemical warfare agent Adamsite (diphenylamine chloroarsine) and the Adams catalyst (platinum oxide or palladium oxide, used for the hydrogenation of carbon-carbon double bonds). |
