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Uh oh, hh has mentioned biscuits...
(I dare not proceed. Yuck.)
Would you be happier with the object used for the parallel game played in the girls' houses, strina?  |
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Oh, I loved that call a spayed a spayed hh  Perhaps we should change the subject? A Jesuit, a Rabbi and an Anglican walked into a bar. The barman turned round and said "What is this - some sort of a joke?" |
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« Reply #2867 on: 23:58:31, 29-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #2868 on: 00:00:25, 30-03-2008 » |
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A Jesuit, a Rabbi and an Anglican walked into a bar.
The barman turned round and said "What is this - some sort of a joke?"
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« Reply #2869 on: 00:02:17, 30-03-2008 » |
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I know a really good knock-knock joke.
You start.
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« Reply #2870 on: 00:06:37, 30-03-2008 » |
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Knock, Knock
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« Reply #2871 on: 00:07:22, 30-03-2008 » |
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What's the square root of a counter-factoral?
Ian - I've probably got the quote wrong (the score's in Durham) but I'm assuming that you remember where this comes from... Can you tell me why it's funny?
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« Reply #2872 on: 00:08:46, 30-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #2873 on: 00:12:07, 30-03-2008 » |
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Knock, Knock
Who's there? Sam and Janet |
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« Reply #2874 on: 00:12:33, 30-03-2008 » |
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Sam and Janet Eveni .... Ow!
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« Reply #2875 on: 00:12:51, 30-03-2008 » |
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Ah, the days of innocence ... . hh, it's 'What's the cube root of a counterfactual?' to which the answer is 'An almond'. To see how it's funny, either imagine it being read in a Mr Gumby voice, or alternatively imagine that Mr Ferneyhough is giving an allusion to a favourite Viz character of his:  |
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« Reply #2876 on: 00:13:44, 30-03-2008 » |
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don't ask don't tell who knows... the answer comes in the form of a question.. an echo inside a shadow wrapped in cellophane.... or so... the... story's... told.... |
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« Reply #2877 on: 00:16:06, 30-03-2008 » |
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Sam and Janet Eveni .... Ow!
Sam and Janet Evening, You will meet a Stranger .... |
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« Reply #2878 on: 00:17:09, 30-03-2008 » |
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hh, it's 'What's the cube root of a counterfactual?' to which the answer is 'An almond'. To see how it's funny, either imagine it being read in a Mr Gumby voice, or alternatively imagine that Mr Ferneyhough is giving an allusion to a favourite Viz character of his:
Ah. I'd always thought that it was something complex and mathematical and awfully clever. But knowing that he is familiar with Viz is strangely comforting. |
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hh, it's 'What's the cube root of a counterfactual?' to which the answer is 'An almond'. To see how it's funny, either imagine it being read in a Mr Gumby voice, or alternatively imagine that Mr Ferneyhough is giving an allusion to a favourite Viz character of his:
Ah. I'd always thought that it was something complex and mathematical and awfully clever. IP: You'll understand in good time, my boy.  But knowing that he is familiar with Viz is strangely comforting. Errr - don't always take all of my posts at face value (if that indeed is what you were doing).  |
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