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In reply to the discussion: A student's science joke [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)And here's a longish math joke (although I realize the concept of length is relative):
Three kingdoms laid claim to an island in the middle of a lake. They decided to settle the issue by a tournament of arms. The first kingdom sent 10 knights, the second sent 15 knights, but the third kingdom sent only one knight. Their squires polished the armor, sharpened the swords, and set up the pavilions. The knights held a feast, prepared by the squires, who also did all the cleaning up. The squire for the lonely knight hung his cooking pot from a loop of rope thrown over a tree branch. The knights drank copiously and agreed they were in no shape for sports, so instructed their squires to also do the fighting, and whichever squire emerged victorious from the melee would win the island for his kingdom and earn his knighthood. After many hours, the squire who had hung his pot from a branch stood victorious.
Which proved the squire of the high pot and noose was greater than the sum of the squires of the other two sides.