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?”
Kariba High DamIn 1956, the British colonial government in Rhodesia began the construction of the Kariba High Dam across the Zambesi river between North and South Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe). Completed in Jun 1959, it was the largest dam of its time and provides electricity to the region. A year later, Britain's Queen Elizabeth officially started the Kariba generators and one of Africa's most ambitious projects came to life. The dam rises 128-m (420-ft) from the river bed. Behind it Lake Kariba stretches back for 290-km (180-mi), covers 6,000 sq km (3,750 sq mi) and is 42-km (26 mi) across at its widest. During construction "Operation Noah" ensured the rescue of over 5,000 animals comprising 35 different mammal species and thousands of reptiles. |
