The Little Penguin
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A hard-working penguin finally earned enough extra money as a pot-scrubber in a Reno casino's kitchen to take his long-awaited vacation with all the trimmings. He rented himself a big Cadillac, topped off the tank, and headed out across the desert to see the sites and maybe even drop in at Los Vegas for a bit of the fast life for himself. He floored the gas peddle and headed out across the desert at 140 mph. Wouldn't you know it, but the car began to smoke, stalled, and rolled to a stop. The poor little penguin was stuck in the desert! Fortunately he could see what appeared to be a small town about a three quarters of a mile ahead. He put his shoulder into it and started to push the big Caddy towards town. The desert was scorching hot (at 107 F) for even standing still, but he was pushing and puffing, rolling that car towards town. As luck would have it, and even little penguins deserve some luck, he found a service station right at the edge of town and pushed the monster car in. Since it was a rental, he just told them to fix whatever they needed too, gave them the rental companies contact information, and went, hot and exhausted, into town. He found to his delight, and continuing turn of luck, an ice-cream parlor! Scrambling in he order the most gigantic item he could - a veritable salad mixing bowl full of every flavor in the shop. Being so incredibly hot (and also, being a penguin), he could help but shove his face into the frosty bowl. Thereafter, he scarfed down the cool delight. Remembering the car, he went over to the service station, not even bothering to wash up. Seeing the mechanic, he asked him what does he think. "Well", said the mechanic, "It looks like you blew a seal!" Thoroughly embarrassed, the penguin replied, "No! No! It's only ice-cream!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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A hard-working penguin finally earned enough extra money as a pot-scrubber in a Reno casino's kitchen to take his long-awaited vacation with all the trimmings. He rented himself a big Cadillac, topped off the tank, and headed out across the desert to see the sites and maybe even drop in at Los Vegas for a bit of the fast life for himself. He floored the gas peddle and headed out across the desert at 140 mph. Wouldn't you know it, but the car began to smoke, stalled, and rolled to a stop. The poor little penguin was stuck in the desert! Fortunately he could see what appeared to be a small town about a three quarters of a mile ahead. He put his shoulder into it and started to push the big Caddy towards town. The desert was scorching hot (at 107 F) for even standing still, but he was pushing and puffing, rolling that car towards town. As luck would have it, and even little penguins deserve some luck, he found a service station right at the edge of town and pushed the monster car in. Since it was a rental, he just told them to fix whatever they needed too, gave them the rental companies contact information, and went, hot and exhausted, into town. He found to his delight, and continuing turn of luck, an ice-cream parlor! Scrambling in he order the most gigantic item he could - a veritable salad mixing bowl full of every flavor in the shop. Being so incredibly hot (and also, being a penguin), he could help but shove his face into the frosty bowl. Thereafter, he scarfed down the cool delight. Remembering the car, he went over to the service station, not even bothering to wash up. Seeing the mechanic, he asked him what does he think. "Well", said the mechanic, "It looks like you blew a seal!" Thoroughly embarrassed, the penguin replied, "No! No! It's only ice-cream!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Good thing it wasn't a pushrod malfunction. ;)
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A hard-working penguin finally earned enough extra money as a pot-scrubber in a Reno casino's kitchen to take his long-awaited vacation with all the trimmings. He rented himself a big Cadillac, topped off the tank, and headed out across the desert to see the sites and maybe even drop in at Los Vegas for a bit of the fast life for himself. He floored the gas peddle and headed out across the desert at 140 mph. Wouldn't you know it, but the car began to smoke, stalled, and rolled to a stop. The poor little penguin was stuck in the desert! Fortunately he could see what appeared to be a small town about a three quarters of a mile ahead. He put his shoulder into it and started to push the big Caddy towards town. The desert was scorching hot (at 107 F) for even standing still, but he was pushing and puffing, rolling that car towards town. As luck would have it, and even little penguins deserve some luck, he found a service station right at the edge of town and pushed the monster car in. Since it was a rental, he just told them to fix whatever they needed too, gave them the rental companies contact information, and went, hot and exhausted, into town. He found to his delight, and continuing turn of luck, an ice-cream parlor! Scrambling in he order the most gigantic item he could - a veritable salad mixing bowl full of every flavor in the shop. Being so incredibly hot (and also, being a penguin), he could help but shove his face into the frosty bowl. Thereafter, he scarfed down the cool delight. Remembering the car, he went over to the service station, not even bothering to wash up. Seeing the mechanic, he asked him what does he think. "Well", said the mechanic, "It looks like you blew a seal!" Thoroughly embarrassed, the penguin replied, "No! No! It's only ice-cream!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
An olde but a nice retelling. :thumbsup:
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A hard-working penguin finally earned enough extra money as a pot-scrubber in a Reno casino's kitchen to take his long-awaited vacation with all the trimmings. He rented himself a big Cadillac, topped off the tank, and headed out across the desert to see the sites and maybe even drop in at Los Vegas for a bit of the fast life for himself. He floored the gas peddle and headed out across the desert at 140 mph. Wouldn't you know it, but the car began to smoke, stalled, and rolled to a stop. The poor little penguin was stuck in the desert! Fortunately he could see what appeared to be a small town about a three quarters of a mile ahead. He put his shoulder into it and started to push the big Caddy towards town. The desert was scorching hot (at 107 F) for even standing still, but he was pushing and puffing, rolling that car towards town. As luck would have it, and even little penguins deserve some luck, he found a service station right at the edge of town and pushed the monster car in. Since it was a rental, he just told them to fix whatever they needed too, gave them the rental companies contact information, and went, hot and exhausted, into town. He found to his delight, and continuing turn of luck, an ice-cream parlor! Scrambling in he order the most gigantic item he could - a veritable salad mixing bowl full of every flavor in the shop. Being so incredibly hot (and also, being a penguin), he could help but shove his face into the frosty bowl. Thereafter, he scarfed down the cool delight. Remembering the car, he went over to the service station, not even bothering to wash up. Seeing the mechanic, he asked him what does he think. "Well", said the mechanic, "It looks like you blew a seal!" Thoroughly embarrassed, the penguin replied, "No! No! It's only ice-cream!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
drop in at Los Vegas
Los Vegas and Las Angeles
W∴ Balboos wrote:
the gas peddle
Before you hit the gas pedal find someone who peddles gas.
W∴ Balboos wrote:
he could help but
He couldn't help, but Otherwise it's funny though :) 5+ Cheers!
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
drop in at Los Vegas
Los Vegas and Las Angeles
W∴ Balboos wrote:
the gas peddle
Before you hit the gas pedal find someone who peddles gas.
W∴ Balboos wrote:
he could help but
He couldn't help, but Otherwise it's funny though :) 5+ Cheers!
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
drop in at Los Vegas
Los Vegas and Las Angeles
W∴ Balboos wrote:
the gas peddle
Before you hit the gas pedal find someone who peddles gas.
W∴ Balboos wrote:
he could help but
He couldn't help, but Otherwise it's funny though :) 5+ Cheers!
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
Manfred R. Bihy wrote:
W∴ Balboos wrote:
drop in at Los Vegas
Los Vegas and Las Angeles
Las Vegas and Los Angeles http://www.lacity.org/[^] http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/[^]
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Manfred R. Bihy wrote:
W∴ Balboos wrote:
drop in at Los Vegas
Los Vegas and Las Angeles
Las Vegas and Los Angeles http://www.lacity.org/[^] http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/[^]
Irony detector broken?
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