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They didn't use all that stuff in the system you speak of, they just built them by..... ɪWWGD said:
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The discussion revolves around sharing and enjoying "lame" jokes, with participants contributing various puns and one-liners. Jokes include classic setups like "A duck walks into a pharmacy..." and "Why did the chicken cross the road?" along with playful wordplay, such as "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick." The humor is characterized by its groan-inducing quality, with many jokes eliciting laughter despite their simplicity. Participants also engage in light banter about the nature of humor, with some jokes being deemed too funny to qualify as "lame." The thread highlights a shared enjoyment of corny humor and the camaraderie that comes from exchanging jokes, creating a lighthearted atmosphere.
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A few very old one-liners of the sort "She was only a <fill in the blank> daughter...":
- She was only a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still.
- She was only a rancher's daughter, but all the cow manure.
- She was only a clergyman's daughter, but you couldn't put anything pastor.
- She was only a statistician's daughter, but she knew all the standard deviations.
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See #2 in this thread: Unit conventions (SI versus others)WWGD said:
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What is for berkeman... ?davenn said:
Dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-dah-dit di-di-dit dit, Dah-di-dah-dit dah-dah-dah dah-di-dit dit. .?
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-... . .-. -.- . -- .- -. apparently.OCR said:
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Not really. My Dad knew Morse from the army and I picked up some of the conventions from him (dah/di/dit for verbalising dashes and dots, for example), but I don't actually know Morse (not the whole alphabet, anyway). Enough to get your "dada did dit" joke. I'm just using the Morse/text translator OCR and I have been linking since #3904.davenn said:
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My mother-in-law and brother-in-law are both hams, though... my MIL is here right now, love her, she's an... 
Yeah...
Yeah...
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"Darling, where's my lunch?"
"Cookbook, page 42."
"Cookbook, page 42."
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Is the choice of 42 Random?fresh_42 said:
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Is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Infinite_Improbability_Drive random?WWGD said:
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He just multiplied six by nine and there it was.WWGD said:
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I/eye, I think.WWGD said:
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In what unit(s)?Ibix said:
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What does Arabic have to see with it?OCR said:
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I know so.Ibix said:
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Really, you thought that was Arabic?WWGD said:
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I actually thought it was Morse code in Arabic ; ) ( No, I did not think that).Mark44 said:
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Just to annoy you imperials: SI unitsWWGD said:
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Roads walked by a man.WWGD said:
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How many must one walk until one can be called a man ( before blowing in the wind) *?Ibix said:
* Obscure reference, even I can't remember it.
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Ask the Noble prize committee. I have such a gut feeling they might remember it.WWGD said:
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No-Bell?fresh_42 said:
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I was referencing Adams - when the philosophers hear The Answer after SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION YEARS they have to hurriedly come up with an Ultimate Question whose answer could plausibly be 42. Adams was almost certainly referencing Dylan with that particular choice of question, yes.
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Adams is the funniest way to undermine the philosophy ban. 
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You can get pretty far with Pratchett, too.fresh_42 said:Adams is the funniest way to undermine the philosophy ban.
I remember my Dad reading Small Gods to me and having to take a break to stop laughing and start breathing again after they encounter the Ephebean philosopher Ibid. He's the most cited philosopher ever...