Richard Edwards wrote:

>       Topical  funny!!??
>
> > > > > During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, the U.S. National
> > > > > Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball
> > > > > point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space
> > capsules.
> > > > > After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was
> > > > > developed at a cost of $1 million. The pen worked and also enjoyed
> > > > > some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.
> > > > >
> > > > > The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.

Then there's the one about the constipated mathematician .......
;-)