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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: People's Names
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 15:10:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 22 15:10:44 1984
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  My high school physics teacher (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) was Mr. Beall, a
colorful character who once explained friction to us as follows: "Yew
draig a hawg uppa inclahned plane bah th' nose 'n' the hahrs'll jes'
rheub reel smooth onna plane, but ifya draigum up bah th' tail, the
hahrs'll ketch onnit, doncha know, 'n' that's friction, kiddies."  A
number of us went on to study physics at places like Cornell and MIT
despite Mr. Beall.

  Anyway, Mr. Beall's son was in the same school, and the son's first 
name was Phallis.