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An excuse to recycle a joke I've told before on this site:jack action said:Free guitar, no strings attached
These type of jokes reminds me of what we told as school kids: free Greenland - off with the ice shield. Now that it actually happens it isn't so funny anymore.DrGreg said:An excuse to repeat a joke I've told before on this site:
Free barometer, no pressure.
Made me think of the Freemasons and what do they have to do with the mason jars.fresh_42 said:These type of jokes reminds me on what we told as school kids: free Greenland - off with the ice shield. Now that it actually happens it isn't so funny anymore.
In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."Keith_McClary said:
Ah ... you think maybe that was the point of the joke?256bits said:In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."
It's a weird world out there.
This also reminds me of an old pun: a fellow student hung a sign at his door "The only positive in my life has been the test!" Only that he meant another test in the 80's.256bits said:In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."
It's a weird world out there.
Would this be of any acceptance in lieu of the howling wolf.phinds said:Howling wolf. We need the howling wolf icon!
But actually, because of the sarcasm w/ which they are spoken in that context they are actually each negatives and two negatives is just a negative, so in the WRITTEN version, he's technically correct but not really for the spoken version.DaveC426913 said:Linguistics Professor, to class: "A double negative such as 'I won't not' makes a positive. But a double positive never makes a negative."
Scoffing student in back row: "Yeah, right."
"Anyway, Skinny broke into the argument and said that he could prove mathematically that antigravity was possible, and Stinky said suure he could, and Skinny said sure he could, and Stinky said suuure he could, like that. Honestly, is that any way to argue? I mean it sounds like two people agreeing,"DaveC426913 said:Scoffing student in back row: "Yeah, right."
phinds said:But actually, because of the sarcasm w/ which they are spoken in that context they are actually each negatives
Yeah, I know, I'm a spoilsport. I do get the joke.
I disagree. "Right" can be spoken as "Riiiiiight" and is clearly sarcastic. Similarly, "yeah" can be spoken with pure sarcasm.DaveC426913 said:Not to belabour the joke, but...
The individual spoken words would not in-and-of-themselves constitute sarcasm. If the student had simply said "Yeah" that doesn't really have any sarcastic subtext. It's the combination in the oft-used phrase "Yeah, right" that begets the sarcasm.![]()
"After brief search..."phinds said:P: Number 3 engine missing
M: After brief search, engine found on right wing.

If you want to while away a few hours, search YouTube for Kennedy Steve. That's a nickname for a (now retired) ground controller at JFK who radiated an interesting mix of confidence, competence, and dad jokes. One of his standards was telling a pilot who asked which way to face (meaning should they turn the aircraft left or right once they reverse off the terminal building) that they should face the front because passengers get nervous if they see the pilot facing the other way. Reactions ranged from a clearly annoyed "hilarious" to "yeah, but you should see the expressions on their faces".phinds said:From a collect of smart-ass remarks by pilots and/or ground controllers. Some of the better ones.
I've genuinely had a seminar canceled because the speaker was unable to make it due to his aircraft being stuck in mud. Apparently his local airport was built on a bog and the aircraft's wheel had come slightly off the taxiway...DaveC426913 said:Plane lands with screeching brakes and smoking tires - and stops with its front wheels just off the tarmack into the grass.
In some countries, yes, but I definitely prefer my eggs unfertilized.jack action said:Egg salad is still chicken salad when you think about it.
We had/have a member whose signature included/s "Full flaps god____it, that's a tennis court!"DaveC426913 said:Co-pilot: "Yeah. But sure is wide."