Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site seismo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!flinn From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: People's Names Message-ID: <622@seismo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 15:10:44 EST Article-I.D.: seismo.622 Posted: Wed Feb 22 15:10:44 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 04:48:46 EST Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA Lines: 11 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.