I’m so excited about the upcoming solar eclipse. The glasses I ordered for work showed up yesterday and when I brought them in today, my coworkers and I spent a few minutes discussing our eclipse plan.
After reviewing the detailed safety instructions on the glasses, we’ve decided to play “Blinded by the Light” since there is a particular reference about the fun of looking directly at the sun. I suspect the song will last longer than the eclipse itself.
We played the song, rocked out with air guitars, and debated the merits of using one of the glasses as a filter over the cell phone camera to record the eclipse.
Of course this also gave us an opportunity to make bad chemistry jokes, since the sun is made primarily of helium. Helios was a sun god in Greek mythology. He was a Titan eventually supplanted by Apollo, the god of light and an Olympian.
Onto the jokes:
A chemist was reading a book about helium. He couldn’t put it down.
Helium walks into a bar.
The bartender says, “We don’t serve noble gases here.”
Helium doesn’t react.
And finally, what did the scientist say when he found two isotopes of helium? “He He.”
We have had quite a week and a half in Seabrook, TX.
The week started with a partial eclipse that was fun to watch through strong glasses and on the ground under our trees. Under the trees we saw dots of light turn into crescent bat and bird shapes. As the moon moved across the sun the direction of the birds and bats changed. I hope you saw the birds on the sidewalk.
The last few days have been consumed with weather watching. Too much wind and storm surge south of us and then too much water. Our home is dry, but there are many around us who have suffered.
Nice diet jokes, they are lighter than air.
Glad to hear you guys are safe, Gene. Loved the eclipse and chuckled at your joke too.