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The Last Straw
23 October 2004
Q: What's more embarrassing than failing a physics test in high school?
A: Failing a physics test in the middle of Elgin's busiest roundabout.
Here are some photographs of a farmer who didn't believe in centripetal force.
![[Over-turned trailer]](/news/2004/tractor1.jpg)
![[Tractor accident]](/news/2004/tractor2.jpg)
![[Hay on the road]](/news/2004/tractor3.jpg)
Here's an unrelated photograph. It was 5am, I was alone in the office when behind me there was a sudden whoomp noise. After my heart came back online, I saw the following on our bookshelf:
![[Fallen books]](/news/2004/books.jpg)
Windows had fallen over, taking the network down with it. But Unix stayed up and was supporting our applications. I thought it was neat. Ok, so I'm a geek.
