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A group of goose biologists were meeting to brainstorm
about the migration tactics of Canada geese.
They were particularly interested in applying for a
$100,000 Federal grant to investigate the "V" formation
of goose flight. It had been observed that one side of
the "V" is always longer than the other side. This
group would put together a research proposal to apply
for the $100,000 grant and hopefully find out why this happens.
To start off the discussion, Todd, the Consulting
Firm Biologist stands up and says,
"I say we ask for $200,000, and attempt to model
the wind drag coefficients. We can have our geologists
record and map the ground topography and then our
staff meteorologists can predict potential updraft
currents. Our internal CAD department can then produce
3-d drawings of the predicted wing tip vortices.
Then, after several years of study, our in-house
publications department could produce a nice
thick report full of charts and graphs."
The Senior Research Biologist, a professor
at the local university, cleared his throat and
responded, "No, no!, That's not it at all.
We only need $150,000. We can train a group of
domesticated geese to fly in formations of equal
length and then compare their relative fitness to
wild geese. We can then publish the results
in the Journal of Wildlife Management.
About then, the hardworking field biologist stands
up and begins walking for the door.
"Where are you going?" the group asks.
"I'm leaving" he replies, "I've heard enough.
No one has to give me $100,000 to find out that
the reason one side of the "V" is longer is
simply because there are more damn geese on that side!"
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