Discoveries of the day

[woolymonkey]

1. From wikipedia, while looking for info about Spider's GCSE exam board, OCR, created by merging several qualification providers, including Midland Examining Group (MEG):

Subsequent physics syllabi released by the OCR included the now infamous (fictional) units the "Ocrawatt" and "Ocrajoule" due to overzealous find-and-replace on MEG's part (in previous and later syllabi, the units were correctly written as "Megawatt" and "Megajoule".)

2. from a student essay:

The reason people get a sense of spiritual wellbeing in Milton Keynes* is that the town 'contains so much Greenland'.

* If you still doubt the beneficial spiritual properties of MIlton Keynes you may need to read my previous post.

Comments

[penknife.livejournal.com]

I am now imagining the okrawatt and the okrajoule, those being the units of energy that can be obtained from okra. I may have to make fried okra now.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Ah, the joys of concrete walruses.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

If you fry it, is will have okracalories.

[penknife.livejournal.com]

That is the sad thing, yes! And I don't like stewed okra; it is okraslimy.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

http://naturemanchester.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/walrus-head.gif

[dorispossum.livejournal.com]

these creatures should be in a bestiary somewhere! :)

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Perhaps there's a copy in the OU library in Milton Keynes...

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that the Greenland in Milton Keynes is much more temperate than, you know, the other one.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Now you've made me want to adapt the lyrics to Milton Keynes Whale Fisheries.