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Old 06-23-2008
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Re: What is the point?

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Originally Posted by Scribbler1 View Post
And what made it technically advanced where it could be used as NASA used it was Wernher Von Braun. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
Like Columbus and the egg.
Columbus was at a dinner party, and some drunk Spanish Admiral was asking what the big deal was about sailing to the New World, ships left for the New World almost every day.
Columbus asked a waiter to bring an egg from the kitchen.'
Then he asked the Admiral to make it stand on end.
The Admiral tried and tried, and gave up, Columbus took the egg and crushing the shell a little at one end made it stand on end.
The Spanish Admiral said "That's simple, anyone can do it"
Columbus said "Yes, After I show them how"
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