Memos For An Eclipse Memo from Director General to Manager: Today at 11 o'clock there will be a total eclipse of the sun. This is when the sun disappears behind the moon for two minutes. As this is something that cannot be seen every day, time will be allowed for employees to view the eclipse in the car park. Staff should meet in the car park at ten to eleven, when I will deliver a short speech introducing the eclipse, and giving some background information. Safety goggles will be made available…

Paddy 'n' Mick join the army and are put on street patrol in a city with a military curfew. They are given instructions to shoot anybody who's on the streets after 6 o'clock. So one day they're out at twenty to 6 when Paddy spots a man walking on the other side of the street. He lines up the man in his sights and shoots the man dead. Mick is shocked. ""What are you doin' Paddy? It ain't 6 yet!"" ""I know what I'm doin'. I know where he lives and he wouldn't have made it!""

On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking ""What time is it?"" The tower responded ""Who is calling?"" The aircraft replied ""What difference does it make?"" The tower replied ""It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines flight it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force plane it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraf…

Air Traffic Control On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower responded, "Who is calling?" The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?" The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference.. . If it is a commercial flight, it is 3 o'clock . If it is an Air Force plane, it is 1500 hours. If …