A: Buy a large bag of marbles and carry it with you whenever you go looking for rocks. Every time you pick up a rock and put it in your pocket, take out one of the marbles from the bag and throw it over your left shoulder. Any time you see one of your marbles, pick it up along with the rock nearest to it--the rock goes in your pocket, the marble into the marble bag. When you have finally lost all of your marbles, you are a rockhound.
Funny remarks from tourists at dinosaur track sites
Father to son:
"You know Billy, these dinosaur footprints are hundreds of years old!"
Lady staring at the tracks remarks to her friend:
"I knew dinosaurs were heavy, but I never dreamed they could punch footprints in solid rock like this!"
Frequent comment by tourists noticing a track way heading into the modern river:
"Look, that's where they went for a swim." (At least some seem to be serious).
Frequent questions:
-- Why did they make tracks in this riverbed?
-- How did the tracks survive millions of years in the riverbed, with the water flowing over them?
One of the local workman helping paleontologist Roland Bird during some of his early Paluxy excavations in the late 1930's stared quizzically at a track way that headed into the embankment. When asked what the matter was, he said he could not figure out how the animal got under there.
Dumb Questions Asked at National Parks and Tourist Attractions
Mammoth Cave
"How much of mammoth cave is underground?"
Grand Canyon National Park
"Do you light it up at night?
"I bought tickets for the elevator to the bottom; where is it?
"Is the mule train air conditioned?
"Are there dining cars on the mule trail?
"What time does old faithful go off? (Recall, this is Grand Canyon)
"So where are the faces of the presidents? (see above)
"Was this man-made? How did they make it?
"What year did they build this?
"Exactly why did you guys put it here?
Carlsbad National Caverns
"How much of this cave is underground?"
"What's in the unexplored part of the cave?"
"Does it ever rain in here?"
"How many ping pong balls would it take to fill this up?"
"So what is this, just a hole in the ground?"
KOR
Dan
