Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2011

Monday, March 7, 2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

from a book I'm in the middle of

there was a young fellow from trinity
who took the square root of infinity
but the number of digits gave him the fidgets
he dropped math and took up divinity
(George Gamow)

I concluded that unhappily I’d been born into a world dominated by a rampaging monster called law that was both all powerful and all stupid (Fred Hoyle)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

seacocks

it's not every day that you hear someone recommend to "regularly service your seacock"

Thursday, September 30, 2010

xkcd

http://xkcd.com/798/

i'd like to add my three favorite words to the mix
scintillating
nefarious
and
facetious

and one more for good measure
supple

Thursday, April 22, 2010

immodest women + young men = earthquakes

finding humor in the news when possible is good:

April 19, 2010

Iran: Fashion That Moves the Earth

A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. “Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes,” the cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Mr. Sedighi is Tehran’s acting Friday Prayer leader. Women in Iran, one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, are required by law to cover from head to toe but many, especially the young, ignore some of the stricter codes and wear tight coats and scarves pulled back that show much of the hair. “What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble?” Mr. Sedighi asked during a prayer sermon on Friday. “There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam’s moral codes.”

(thank you Raph)

Monday, March 15, 2010

our prophet

the prophetic Glenn Beck has told us to leave our church if it promotes social justice as this is code for socialism and nazism

the funny thing is that he's lds

Breaking News!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010

Thursday, October 15, 2009

xkcd

xkcd at its best


interval humor

C, E-flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.

D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight."

E-Flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "you're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural.

Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental. The judge rules that all contrary motions are bassless.