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I do that often enough anywayIbix said:...or places you still work at.
I do that often enough anywayIbix said:...or places you still work at.
This reminds me of an anecdote told by Herman "Pat" Herst Jr., a long-time stamp collector, dealer and author of several books about the hobby. He was once invited to a elementary-school class (third grade, maybe) to talk about stamp collecting. One of the students introduced him to the rest of the class as a "well-known platypus."Ibix said:A duck-billed flatypus.
Just goes to show - philately will get you nowhere.jtbell said:This reminds me of an anecdote told by Herman "Pat" Herst Jr., a long-time stamp collector, dealer and author of several books about the hobby. He was once invited to a elementary-school class (third grade, maybe) to talk about stamp collecting. One of the students introduced him to the rest of the class as a "well-known platypus."
Sorry to hear that - that's not so much fun.davenn said:I do that often enough anyway
Or a teenage girl shopping with her mother?fresh_42 said:... or throw covertly condoms or pregnancy tests in a shopping cart of a couple.
I think father would be more efficient, but mother might work as well.Borg said:Or a teenage girl shopping with her mother?
That's amazing! Ask her for the symbol for coefficient of friction.I-Love-Maths2 said:My cat can talk.
I asked her what two minus two was and she said nothing
I once had one who was a pro in stochastic. Unfortunately she only knew one distribution.Ibix said:That's amazing! Ask her for the symbol for coefficient of friction.
an oldie but a goodie, makes me giggle every timeMark44 said:What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
A hippo is an animal that weighs over a ton. A Zippo is a little lighter.
Seems familiar! ... But please help me out here. Perhaps it's just that dementia starting! ...davenn said:
"a little lighter"? ... or just a lighter?Mark44 said:a little lighter
Apparently you didn't get it ...Stavros Kiri said:"a little lighter"? ... or just a lighter?
Don't be so sure. I just gave a different angle ...Mark44 said:Apparently you didn't get it ...
Mark44 said:Apparently you didn't get it ...
A "different angle" that completely misses and detracts from the joke. Changing the punch line to "just a lighter" loses the play on words that "a little lighter has."Stavros Kiri said:Don't be so sure. I just gave a different angle ...
Your joke is still there, and I liked it!Mark44 said:A "different angle" that completely misses and detracts from the joke. Changing the punch line to "just a lighter" loses the play on words that "a little lighter has."
256bits said:His name, would you know it, was Rob.
OCR said:Don't forget his sister... De. . .
.Drakkith said:De Burr?
Potentially, in a modal sense, there's a chance that everything could likely, probably, be a joke to somebody, at some point with a certain probability corroborated against to/versus a certain degree of certainty, providing also, at that particular moment, that the particular person actually really gets the joke ... !Drakkith said:possibly
Yeah. They really need another stepladder cable-tied (!) to the side so it can lean against the back wall, for lateral stability.davenn said: