Tag: Informant:David Shay

Text 7 A social worker asks a colleague: “What time is it?” The other one answers: “Sorry, don’t know, I have no watch.” The first one: “Never mind! The main thing is that we talked about it.” Context: From David Continue Reading …

Texts 8-11 Doctor jokes “Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?” ”Yes, of course…” ”Great! I never could before!” “Doctor, Doctor, You’ve got to help me – I just can’t stop my hands shaking!” Continue Reading …

Text 4 What’s the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers? Mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets. Context: From David Shay’s “Workjoke.com”. URL: http://www.workjoke.com/

Text 5 A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer were all given a red rubber ball and told to find the volume. The mathematician carefully measured the diameter and evaluated a triple integral. The physicist filled a beaker with water, Continue Reading …

Text 6 *This one is really funny. About computers’ support staff: Caller: Hello, is this the Help Line? HelpLine: Yes, it is. How may I help you? Caller: The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within Continue Reading …

You enter the laboratory and see an experiment. How will you know which class it is? If it’s green and wiggles, it’s biology. If it stinks, it’s chemistry. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics. Context: David Shay collected jokes circulating Continue Reading …

Text 3 A chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, “Do you have any acetylsalicylic acid?” “You mean aspirin?” asked the pharmacist. “That’s it, I can never remember that word.” Context: From David Shay’s “Workjoke.com”. URL: http://www.workjoke.com/

From Seo’s journal: Text 1 When professors say this… they really mean this! * This needs some minor revision. (I never actually got around to reading this.) * My office hours are by appointment only. (I like to get out Continue Reading …