I tell you zee joke
Then my professor says, "And what was polar bear attendance like?"
Suddenly he starts making these weirdo moaning noises that polar bears make. We only know these noises from when we watch them on nature shows or at the zoo; we haven't been up to Churchill, Manitoba yet to see the polar bears ourselves. (We know people who have been there and scientists who study them, though...)
I start laughing and ask him what he is doing. He says, "Oh, this is what I think the polar bear powerpoint presentations are like." (Yeah, all the slides are white. Every last one of them.)
PS: I thought I'd tell you about this joke today because I went skating this afternoon at a rec center about a mile or two from my house. When I was skating around and around, I realized I didn't have a camera. Also, I couldn't possibly have managed a photo while dodging all the pint sized kids zooming around me on their hockey skates. For the first time I've skated in perhaps 13-15 years, (at least since college) all went well. I didn't fall, and my new stiff figure skates and I managed to stay afloat for about 40 minutes before I called it a day. My ankles hurt like they were on fire---but I'll be out again to build up those muscles soon! I can't believe I used to be good at this--I'm so rusty! However, well, the ice looked alot like the professor's description of a polar bear powerpoint presentation. It's possible tomorrow I'll be copying the moaning sounds of the polar bears too if my ankles are sore...
So, did you think this was as funny as I did? Please let me know!
Labels: ice skating, jokes, moving to Canada, polar bears
8 Comments:
I'm looking forward to your reviews of your time skating on the river. I love not skating in circles! Welcome to the Great White North.
Tomorrow take a camera so we can get a real photo of the polar bear powerpoint! (I laughed, yes I did!)
Yup, it was just as funny to me as it was to you! HAHAHA :)
Sounds similar to a conversation we would have had. I guess we can say 'great minds think alike'!
Congrats on the ice skating. It's been years since I've been on skates. I think about going every now & then, but, since I never was very good (can go forward, that's about it) I'm terrified of falling & breaking something. Guess I'll stay home & sip hot chocolate. I have that part down just fine.
wow- skating sounds like so much fun. was it outdoors?
hehe- polar bear slide show!
I think the very idea of a conference on how to manage interacting with polar bears is funny. I just don't see very many of them kicking back with their brie and bread in the redwoods here.
there really is nothing better than science geek humor, is there?
I love it! Please tell the professor so as well. :)
Jenny
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