First Aristotle appeared, and the philosopher said to him, "Could you give me a fifteen-minute capsule sketch of your entire philosophy?" To the philosopher's surprise, Aristotle gave him an excellent exposition in which he compressed an enormous amount of material into a mere fifteen minutes. But then the philosopher raised a certain objection which Aristotle couldn't answer. Confounded, Aristotle disappeared.
Then Plato appeared. The same thing happened again, and the philosophers' objection to Plato was the same as his objection to Aristotle. Plato also couldn't answer it and disappeared.
Then all the famous philosophers of history appeared one-by-one and our philosopher refuted every one with the same objection.
After the last philosopher vanished, our philosopher said to himself, "I know I'm asleep and dreaming all this. Yet I've found a universal refutation for all philosophical systems! Tomorrow when I wake up, I will probably have forgotten it, and the world will really miss something!" With an iron effort, the philosopher forced himself to wake up, rush over to his desk, and write down his universal refutation. Then he jumped back into bed with a sigh of relief.
The next morning when he awoke, he went over to the desk to see what he had written. It was, "That's what you say."
Mary calls the police and informs them that her next door neighbor was indulging in indecent exposure.
When a cop arrived at her place, she told him, "This guy is taking a shower with the window wide open. You can see for yourself from my bedroom window."
Mary points toward the neighbors bathroom window.
The cop take s a good look and says, "Well, I can only see the top of his shampooed head."
Mary yells, "If you just put a chair on that dresser and stand on that, you will see the whole of him!"
Gary asks his neighbor, "What should I do while my wife is renovating the house?"
The neighbor answers, "Keep yourself busy. If you are able to work with tools, you can complete the basement. When you're done, you'll at least have a place to live."
Fred was down in the dumps. When his friend Justin asked him what was wrong, Fred replied, "This day has a lot of significance for me. It was on this day three years ago that I lost my dear wife and kids. . . .I'll never forget that game of poker..".
Sardar Santa Singh was asked: "Given a choice, what would you choose: Parkinson's or Alzheimer's?"
Thinking for a moment, the sardar replied, "I would choose Parkinsons. It's better to spill half a peg of whiskey than to forget where you kept the bottle."
My friend, Zane is a philosopher. I have always thought philosophers like Zane truly appreciate the profound nature of life's deep questions. As a result, people like Zane are still struggling with the same questions that have been asked for centuries. Thus, they are the objects of ridicule on the part of scientists, who have less patience with such lack of progress.
For example, Zane asked me the other day, "If a tree falls in a forest, and there is no one around to hear, does it make a sound?"
This question has been posed by philosophers since ages, and there is still no philosphical consensus as to what the answer should be.
But when a scientist is asked the same question, he'll go off for short while, apply for a grant or two, and come back saying, "Well, we've solved it for elm and birch, but we're still working on the general case"!
Dean had a very hard day at office and when he returned home his five-year-old pestered him to play games. Finally it was bed time and Dean was real tired.
Dean said sternly to the boy: “Sonny, no more games. You change into your night suit, brush your teeth and go straight to bed.”
The little boy gave him a tight hug and whispered: “Dad, I learned about small kids in orphanages who don’t have their daddies.”
Dean was moved that the little kid appreciated having his father with him.
The little one again whispered: “Is it possible for you to go and be their dad?”
On a pleasant evening, a small boy was playing in the backyard of his house with his mother’s broom. He pretended to be a witch flying on the broom. By the time he finished his play, it was quite dark.
Unable to locate the broom in its usual place, the boy’s mother asked the little one about it. The boy confessed that he had left it in the backyard. The mother asked him to fetch it immediately upon which the boy said it was quite dark in the backyard and he was scared to step out to get the broom.
The mother patted him kindly and said: “God is everywhere. He is out there too. So don’t be afraid and ask for his help.”
The boy went and opened the back door a crack and shouted: “Oh god, my mother says you are out there. Can you please bring me my mother’s broom please.”
Adam, a Jewish rabbi was good friends with Daniel, a Catholic priest. They spent many a afternoon in the park, watching the ducks play in the pond. On one such outing, Daniel was eating a ham sandwich.
"You know," he said to his Jewish friend, "there's nothing as tasty as a ham sandwich. I know you're not allowed to eat ham, but why are you denying yourself this delicious treat. When will you free your mind and try it?"
Adam, the rabbi simply replied, "At your engagement."
Lewis was tired of the city life and decided to take a sabbatical. He rented out a place in the remote countryside and moved in with his dog, wanting to enjoy the peace and the quiet. He would make fortnightly visits to the local grocery store for all that he needed for himself and his dog.
After four months of seclusion, he heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, he saw a funny-looking guy with a big mustache standing there. The guy said, "The name's Swen. I am your neighbor from six miles down the creek. I am having a party this weekend..thought you would like to join in."
"Sure," replied Lewis. "It's been long since I socialized with anyone, would love to meet the town folks. Thanks for the invitation."
Swen said, "Lemme warn you, though, there's gonna be some drinkin'."
"Not a problem." said Lewis. "Guess I can handle that."
Swen warned, "And some fightin' too."
Lewis said, "I do manage to get along with people. No worries."
Swen was about to leave and then he turned again to say, "You can expect some wild love making too."
"I don't have a problem with that!" Lewis says. "I've been alone for a long time. I will certainly come. Thank you." Then adds, "By the way, what should I wear?"
Swen replies casually,"Anything you like. It's gonna be just the two of us, unless you want to bring your dog along."
Sita's funeral was attended by family and a number of friends. When the funeral service ended, the pallbearers carried the coffin out. They accidentally banged the coffin into a wall and heard a faint moan coming from within the coffin. They opened the coffin and lo and behold, Sita was alive!
Eleven years later, Sita actually dies. The service is again held at the same place and at the end of the ceremony, the pallbearers again life the casket.
As they are taking a bend, Joe, the husband yells, "Mind the wall!"
There was this wrestling event between Russia and Britain. Before the match, the British wrestler's trainer gave him some advise. He said, "We have done a lot of research on the Russian and it is found that he is an expert with the 'pretzel' grip. Once he gets his grip, it is nearly impossible to beat him. Just don't let him get you in that grip. If he does, you are a goner."
The British wrestler acknowledged his understanding. The match commenced. Now, to the match: The Briton and the Russian went around in circles, both looking for an opening. All of a sudden the Russian pounced, capturing the Briton the dreaded pretzel grip!
A crowd went silent, and the trainer shut his eyes for he knew all was lost. He couldn't bear to watch the proceedings.
Suddenly there was a blood curdling scream, and a resounding cheer from the spectators. The trainer opened his eye just in time to see the Russian jumping up in the air. The Russian hit the floor with a thud, and the Briton weakly dropped on top of him, thus winning the match.
The trainer couldn't believe what was happening! He took the British wrestler aside, he asked, "How did you manage to get out of that hold? No one has escaped it before!"
The Briton answered, "I was about to give up when he got me in that grip, but at the last moment, I opened my eyes and saw this pair of balls right in front of my face. I thought I will give it a try, so with my last ounce of strength I stretched out my neck and bit them just as hard as I could. You have no idea how strong you can get when you bite your own balls!"
Bubba tells us a story about his encounter with a Vampire late one night. The Vampire wanted to smoke and asked Bubba for a light. When Bubba obliged, the vampire seems to have told him, "Fang you very much."
Little Johnny was riding his bicycle on the pavement when he hit an old woman and knocked her down. Initially shaken, she regained her composure and got up. Visibly upset, she turned to Little Johnny and yelled, 'Don't you know how to ride a bicycle?'
'I do,' Little Johnny answered, 'but I haven't learned how to ring the bell yet.'
Bernie, who was a school teacher by profession, injured his spine in an accident and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. He wore a cotton shirt over it and it was not evident at all.
As the new term began, he was assigned to a senior class with the rowdiest students in school.
Walking confidently into the classroom, with the cast still under his shirt, Bernie opened the window wide and then got busy with some desk work. There was a strong breeze that made his tie flap, so Bernie simply picked up the desk stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.
The whole class of trouble-makers went silent. Bernie had no problems with discipline in that term.
Bob, a young guy of 22, walks into a pharmacy run by two old spinsters. He is suffering from a medical condition in which his erection refuses to go back to its flaccid state.
One of the old spinsters who is at the counter, asks him what he wants. Bob describes his condition and asks her what she can give him for it. She says she has to consult her partner in the stockroom.
She disappears into the stock room and returns after a few minutes. She smiles and says, "Our offer is $5,000 and this store."
Julian is carrying two toddlers, one in each arm, while waiting for a bus. An old woman who finds the babies very cute, asks him, "They are so adorable, what are their names?"
Julian replies dryly, "I don't know."
The old woman persists, "Are they boys or girls?"
Julian is now angry and replies, "No idea."
The old woman then starts to reprimand Julian, "You have no idea? What kind of a father are you?".
Julian replies, "Excuse me ma'am, I am not their father, I just happen to be a contraceptives salesman carrying these 2 complaints back to my company."
Jack, a tourist from London goes to a Scottish horse race event and witnesses a pastor blessing one of the horses. To Jack’s astonishment, the horse wins. Not just that, the next 3 horses whom the pastor blesses also win. Then he finds the priest blessing a fifth horse and puts a good deal of money on it.
Unfortunately, the horse suffers from a stroke during the race and dies. Jack meets the pastor later and tells him what a disaster his bet had turned out to be. He also questions why the pastor's blessings had not worked on the fifth horse.
The pastor questions him, ‘Are you a Protestant?’.
‘Yes, I am,’ replies Jack.
‘Well then,’ says the pastor. ‘You’ll not be knowing the difference between a blessing and the last rites.’
Becky calls Kathy and speaks to answering machine:
Hey Kathy, Twitter is down this morning, when you get this message please call me, I can't wait to know what you had for breakfast! Thanks.
Redmond moved to London from Ireland to pursue a career in logistics. He was always bragging to his English colleagues about how great Ireland was. One co-worker, annoyed by such boasting, finally said, "Well, if Ireland's so wonderful, how come you didn't stay there?"
"Well," explained Redmond, "they're all so brilliant out there I had to come down here to have any chance of making it at all."
A man applied for the job of a Zoo-keeper and was called for an interview.
An officer called the man into his office, asked him to take a seat to begin the interview.
"So, what experience do you have in this field?" the officer asked.
"Let me assure you I am more than qualified for this job", the man replied.
"Okay, I would like to know about your experience" the officer said.
"I was raised in the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal by monkeys." the man replied.
The officer was convinced he was dealing with a crack case here but was interested in hearing his story anyway. He asked, "Really? What did you say your name was again?"
Then there was this medical convention where three surgeons met during a coffee break. They were chatting about different operations on different kind of people.
First surgeon: “I prefer Chinese. They have what it takes and their bodies are perfect.”
Second surgeon: “I like Vietnamese. They are so small and delicate that you have to have steady hands, else the incision is big. It’s a challenge to operate on them.”
Third surgeon: “You are both novices. You don’t know about lawyers. They are my favorite because when you open them, they have no heart and they don’t have a spine. Also their heads and butts can be swapped.”
The showers in Sara's dorm turned scalding hot whenever a toilet was flushed. To warn others, residents would yell out, "Flushing!" each time they flushed the toilets.
During one of Sara's visits home, a friend of her mother stopped by to chat for a while. Sara's mother was telling her friend how Sara was acting more distant now that she was in college, and that Sara didn't tell her all about her life the way she used to.
Suddenly, out of habit, Sara called out from the bathroom, "Flushing!"
"Good grief," said the friend. "How much more do you want to know?"
Dan, a yuppy decides to go out for a walk in the country one morning. As he is strolling down the sunny country road, he comes across a farmer, tending to his two cows.
"Good morning, farmer," says the yuppy.
"Morning to you, sir," replies the farmer. And he pauses, and waits.
Dan thinks that probably just ending it there isn't enough. Struggling for some small talk, he says, "Those are some fine cows you have there."
"Oh, yes, the white cow is a lovely cow, she is," says the farmer.
"And the black cow?"
"Well," the farmer pauses, "yes, I suppose the black cow is good too."
"Yes, they certainly look fit and healthy," says Dan.
"Indeed, the white cow is the healthiest I've ever had! Never needed the vet, full of life!" responds the farmer.
"And the black cow?"
"Well,... yes, the black cow is pretty healthy too."
"So I suppose they give a lot of milk then?"
The farmer beams. "You should see the white cow, come milking time, she's full to bursting with the creamiest milk, she is. Oh yes indeed, the white cow gives a lot of milk she does."
"And the black cow?"
"Oh, well, yes... I suppose the black cow gives a lot of milk too."
Dan doesn't really know where to go with this. The farmer seems to really have something special for the white cow, even though the black cow seems just as good.
"You know, farmer, I don't mean to intrude, but it seems every time I ask you really favor the white cow...."
"Well, isn't it obvious?" asks the farmer, "The white cow is MY cow!"
John and Martha had become parents for the first time.
One day, Martha had to go out for some shopping and John volunteered to stay at home and look after the baby. Soon after Martha left, the baby started to cry. John did everything to pacify the baby, but the little boy would just not stop crying. John got really worried and decided to take the baby to a doctor.
After the doctor listened carefully to all that John had to say, the doctor began to examine the baby's ears, chest and then down to the diaper area. When he opened the diaper, he found it was indeed full.
"Here's the problem," the good doctor explained. "He just needs to be changed."
John who was visibly confused remarked, "But the diaper package particularly says it's good for up to 10 pounds!"