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Jokes which make you feel a bit clever

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noblegiraffe · 12/12/2017 20:33

It has been a long term, how about something a bit more light-hearted? I'll start:

Today I couldn't remember the Roman numerals for 51, 6 or 500.
I was LIVID.

Three cats sat on a roof. Which one slid off?
The one with the lowest mew.

Two cats, called OneTwoThree and UnDeuxTrois were having a swimming race across the Channel. Which cat won?
OneTwoThree cat, because UnDeuxTrois cat sank.

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afishnotabird · 12/12/2017 21:11

Why do people have two lungs?

Because they’re pleural

MollyHuaCha · 12/12/2017 21:10

Just googled.

Now I understand.

LaBelleSausage · 12/12/2017 21:06

Why don't mathematicians go on holiday?

You don't need to go away for a tan when you can just divide sine by cosine.

runningoutofjuice · 12/12/2017 21:04

Come on Molly, just google it like me and Valenta Wink

runningoutofjuice · 12/12/2017 21:03

I know this is in secondary ed but a primary one for you -
What's another name for Santa's elves? Subordinate clauses

MollyHuaCha · 12/12/2017 21:02

The one with the lowest mew

Sorry, don't get it. Can someone explain please?

TeenTimesTwo · 12/12/2017 20:58

noble great thread.

ps They don't have proof by induction in GCSEs do they?
Is it on the A level syllabus? I think I did it way before A level, but I might be misremembering.

EggysMom · 12/12/2017 20:54

How do mathematicians scold their children?

"If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times ...."

TeenTimesTwo · 12/12/2017 20:49

Well you've done the binary joke, and that's all I can think of right now.

So (not quite in the intention of the thread and a bit stereotypical):
How can you tell an extrovert engineer?
He looks at your shoes when he's talking to you.

ScreamingValenta · 12/12/2017 20:43

Pretending I didn't have to Google the mew joke Xmas Grin

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noblegiraffe · 12/12/2017 20:41

Grin Bertrand

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who didn't expect this joke to be in ternary.

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BertrandRussell · 12/12/2017 20:39

A crumpet says to a bagel "What's your star sign?" The bagel says "I'm a torus"

allegretto · 12/12/2017 20:36

The one about binary numbers - but am obviously not that clever as I can't remember it!

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