Wednesday 18 May 2011

Science "Humor"

Someone started telling jokes last night on twitter... some are old, some are new,  and a few of them are actually funny...  so, here are



The BEST of Joke-night on  Twitter
for Science-nerds
(***warning
 Some jokes require a minimal level of science education,
 and others are just bad)
1)      I worked out the momentum so accurately that I cant find it anymore!


2)      What do you get when you cross an elephant with a banana?
Elephant banana sine theta.


3)      And the bartender says, "We don't serve tachyons here." A tachyon walks into a bar.


4)      2 monkeys in a bath - one says " ooo ooo aah aah aah ooo ooo" The other says "Well, put some cold in".


5)      What's red and stands in the corner? A naughty London bus


6)    Heisenberg gets stopped on the motorway by the police.
Cop: Do you know how fast you were going sir?
Heisenberg: No, but I know exactly where I am.

7)      A photon checks into a hotel. The bell hop asks him " Can I help you with your luggage?" To which the photon replies, "I don't have any. I'm traveling light."


8)    A neutron goes into a bar and orders a beer. As the neutron is reaching for its wallet, the bartender looks at it and says, "Oh, for you--no charge."


9)    everyone knows that math puns are the first SINE OF MADNESS!


10) What do you say to a guy who walks into a bar three times?   Move the bar stupid!
Alternate Version: What did the man say who walked into a bar? Ouch!

11) Decartes walks into a bar. The bartender says: Rene! Great to see you! How about a beer? Decartes says: I think not. And promptly disappears



12)  Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

13)  How do farmers do trigonometry? Using swine functions..


14)  What do Kermit the Frog and  John the Baptist have in common? Same middle name.


15)  Wanted, dead AND alive, Schrödinger's Cat


16)  I dream of a better future. where chickens can cross the road without being asked about their motives.

17) Actual article title... Frank Harary and Ronald Read wrote a 1974 paper entitled "Is the null graph a pointless concept?"

18) From Zain, the Amazing.. I'm reading a great book on anti-gravity. Can't put it down!

19)  Lee Sent (see comments)  
Two atoms accidently bumps into one another.

"Ouch, I think I lost an electron."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! I'm positive!"

20 )Q. What's woolly and equivalent to the axiom of choice? A. Zorn's Llama.  Richard Elwes

21)  Q. What's an anagrams for Banach-Tarski?  A.  Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski. from Nat Stahl

22) (and one of the oldest ever) Q. What's purple and commutes?   A.  Abelian Grape

23)   Q: What is normed, complete, and yellow?  A: Bananach space From Derek Orr

24) And a single question with three nice answers:
   Q.  How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A1.  0.99999999999...  Murray Bourne
A2.  1.0000000000... 1    Edward Shore
A3.  Infinitely many ..  The first screws it in half way, the next 1/4 of the way, ........  David Marain
A4.(and my favorite) One, he gives it to three physicists, thus reducing it to a problem that has already been solved.

25)Q: What does the B in Benoit  B. Mandelbrot stand for?
A:   Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Can I have a rim shot Ringo!
***YOUR BEST JOKE GOES HERE ... As soon as you send it in that comment box below..

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two atoms accidently bumps into oneanother.

"Ouch, I think I lost an electron."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! I'm positive!"

Pat's Blog said...

thanks Lee...

Unknown said...

What's an anagrams for Banach-Tarski?
Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski.

gwowen said...

what's purple and commutative?

an Abelian grape

Unknown said...

Q: What is normed, complete, and yellow?
A: A Bananach space