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Question of the Week
Question:
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What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
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Answer:
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Subordinate Clauses.
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Previous Questions of the Week
Note: Those questions marked with an asterisk were not stolen from someone
or somewhere else.
Question:
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What is a planet?
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Answer:
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A body of earth surrounded by sky.
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Question:
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What did Hamlet say when he learned about Weight Watchers?
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Answer:
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Tubby or not tubby, that is the question.
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Question:
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How is dew formed?
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Answer:
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The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
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Question:
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What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
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Answer:
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A nervous wreck.
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Question:
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What did one math book say to the other?
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Answer:
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Don't bother me, I've got my own problems.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Amber Flammia.
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Question:
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When do you know you are dealing with the mathematical mafia?
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Answer:
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When they make you an offer you can't understand.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Robert Pawlik.
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Question:
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What does a mathematician present to his fiancee when he wants to propose?
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Answer:
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A polynomial ring.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Michael Velez
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Question:
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Which country makes Panama hats?
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Answer:
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Ecuador.
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Question:
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Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
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Answer:
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He had a hole in one.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Abrahim Orabi
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Question:
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What is the derivative of a cow?
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Answer:
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Prime rib.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Abrahim Orabi
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Question:
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What do you call a computer powered by a crank?
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Answer:
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Junk.
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Question:
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What always goes through George H.W. Bush's mind when he's with Bill Clinton?
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Answer:
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That's the son I wish I had.
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Question:
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What did one prisoner tell the other while they were eating lunch together in the prison cafeteria?
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Answer:
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The food was much better here when you were governor.
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Question:
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Where do you find a dog with no legs?
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Answer:
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Right where you left him.
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Question:
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Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
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Answer:
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Premature death.
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Question:
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What did a senior Kuwaiti official tell Nicholas D. Kristof as he prepared to leave for Riyadh?
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Answer:
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Set your watch back 100 years.
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Question:
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What's yellow and equivalent to the axiom of choice?
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Answer:
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Zorn's Lemon!
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Question:
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What is procrastination?
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Answer:
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I'll tell you tomorrow!
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Howard G. Hafford Sr.
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Question:
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What is the best angle from which to approach a trigonometry problem?
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Answer:
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The try-angle!
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Howard G. Hafford Sr.
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Question:
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Why shouldn't we laugh at George Bush when he calls himself the "education president?"
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Answer:
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Because never before in the history of our country has the average fifth grader been able to read at a level exceeding that of the president of the United States.
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Question:
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What is a terminal illness?
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Answer:
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When you are sick at the airport.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Charley Puchalsky.
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Question:
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What did Mack the Knife, Attila the Hun and Jack the Ripper have in common?
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Answer:
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Their middle name.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Charley Puchalsky.
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Question:
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What is it called when a mathematician retires?
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Answer:
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His aftermath.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Charley Puchalsky.
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Question:
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Why was George Bush was so well received by NASCAR drivers at the Daytona 500?
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Answer:
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They were in awe of a man who is sponsored by more oil companies than they are.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Bob Arbetman.
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Question:
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What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
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Answer:
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Frostbite.
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Question:
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What does a poor man have that a rich man wants and will kill both if they eat it?
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Answer:
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Nothing
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Jillian Atwood-Sovia.
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How can you delay milk turning sour?
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Answer:
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Keep it in the cow.
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What Do You Call Skydiving Lawyers?
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Answer:
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Skeet.
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Question:
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Name the four seasons.
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Answer:
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Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
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Thanks to President Bush, all Wal-Marts and K-Marts in Iraq will be closed, effective immediately. What will they reopen as?
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Answer:
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Targets
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In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
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Answer:
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November
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Question:
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Why don't ghouls eat popcorn with their fingers?
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Answer:
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Because they eat their fingers after the popcorn.
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What do you call an insulting telegram?
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Answer:
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A barbed wire.
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What did the his friend exclaim as the proud Palestinian father showed him a picture of his son?
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Answer:
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They blow up so fast these days.
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Question:
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Why did Cinderella get cut from her baseball team?
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Answer:
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She kept running away from the ball.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Patrick Robillard. |
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Why is Israel a shoplifters' paradise?
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Answer:
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It is the only country in the world where the security guards check you thoroughly when you enter a store, but don't even glance at you when you leave.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Arnie Schlissel. |
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Question:
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What did George W. Bush say when he was asked how he felt about Roe v. Wade?
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Answer:
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He said it was the most important decision George Washington had to make before crossing the Delaware.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by Bernie Raab. |
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*Question:
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Is Yasser Arafat (a) still a terrorist, (b) a liar or (c) incapable of leading the Palestinian Arabs away from a strategy of terrorism?
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Answer:
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Yasser Arafat is all three, a terrorist, a liar and incapable of leading the Palestinian Arabs away from a strategy of terrorism.
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Question:
| What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?
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Answer:
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Sanka
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Question:
| What do the letters D.N.A. stand for?
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Answer:
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National Dyslexic Association.
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Question:
| What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
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Answer:
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A nervous wreck.
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Question:
| What's the difference between the Taliban and the Detroit Lions?
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Answer:
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The Taliban has a running game.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Bob Arbetman. |
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Question:
| What major goal does George W. Bush still dream of accomplishing?
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Answer:
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Being elected president.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Bob Arbetman. |
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Question:
| What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't Work?
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Answer:
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A Stick.
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Question: | How many people does it take to turn off all the lights in California at once?
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Answer: | Just one, and that person lives in Texas.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Fred Lipschultz. |
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Question: | What did the art dealer reply to the state trooper who wanted to know why he was parked on the side of the highway?
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Answer: | I don't have the Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.
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Question: | What is the military rank of the Officer who maintains the Army's computer servers?
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Answer: | UNIX Colonel.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Fred Lipschultz. |
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*Question: | What did Sal Maglie and Perry Como have in common?
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Answer: | They were both known for giving close shaves.
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Question: | Why can't George Bush do Calculus?
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Answer: | It's all just "fuzzy math" to him.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Mary Sheehan. |
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Question: | How do crazy people go through the forest?
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Answer: | They take the psycho path.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Don Kraft. |
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Question: | What's the difference between George W. Bush and the New York Giants?
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Answer: | Nobody thinks the Giants won.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Bob Arbetman |
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Question: | What are the three great American parties?
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Answer: | Republican, Democratic and Tupperware.
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Question: | What do you call an abortion in Czechoslovakia?
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Answer: | A cancelled Czech.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Charles Puchalsky. |
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Question: | How did the bad Shakespearean actor know he was in San Francisco?
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Answer: | The audience was throwing heirloom tomatoes.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Fred Lipschultz. |
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Question: | What was the biggest surprise of the week?
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Answer: | The arbitrary decision of Florida's Republican Secretary of State to disallow any attempt at a fair count of the ballots in the presidential election.
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Question: | What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?
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Answer: | "Dam."
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Question: | What do you get when you cross a Roman General with a
Sultan from the period of the 3rd Crusade?
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Answer: | A Caesar Saladin.
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Fred Lipschultz. |
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Question: | How do you get holy water?
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Answer: | Boil the hell out of it.
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Question: | How do crazy people go through the forest?
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Answer: | They take the psycho path.
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Question: | Why did the whale cross the ocean?
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Answer: | To get to the the other Tide.
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Question: | What do you get from a pampered cow?
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Answer: | Spoiled milk.
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Question: | What do you do when you are driving and your toe hurts?
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Answer: | Call a toe truck!
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Credit: | The question above was contributed by
Ellen Beecher. |
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Question: | What's the difference between politicians and the mafia.
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Answer: | Politicians can't get organized.
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*Question: | Why are there so many Jewish mathematicians?
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Answer: | Check the Torah. It was commanded by the Lord: be fruitful
and multiply.
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Question: | What's the title of the popular new introductory book on ventriloquism?
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Answer: | Dummies for Dummies.
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Question: | What do prisoners use to call each other?
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Answer: | Cell phones.
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Question: | How did God punish the rabbi who played golf on Yom Kippur?
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Answer: | He arranged for the rabbi to hit a hole-in-one.
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Question: | What do you get from a pampered cow?
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Answer: | Spoiled milk.
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Question: | How do you make a blonde laugh on Saturday?
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Answer: | Tell her a joke on Wednesday.
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Question: | What's the difference between trash and a bachelor attorney?
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Answer: | Trash gets taken out.
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Question: | What's a good definition for recursive?
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Answer: | That line of code that make you curse again and again.
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Credit: | Contributed by Aryeh Abramovitz. |
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Question: | Why did it take the Israelites 40 years to get out of the
desert?
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Answer: | Because none of the men would stop to ask for directions.
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Question: | What do the Green Bay Packers and the LAPD (Los Angeles Police
Department) have in common?
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Answer: | Neither one can stop a Bronco.
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Question: | Why isn't it a good idea to get a Unitarian mad at you?
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Answer: | He might burn a question mark on your lawn.
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Question: | What's the difference between a lawyer & a vulture?
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Answer: | Lawyers can take off their wingtips.
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Question: | Why do medical labs use lawyers instead of rats?
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Answer: | There are just some things you can't get a rat to do.
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Question: | What happens when a paranoid has low self-esteem?
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Answer: | He thinks that nobody important is out to get him.
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Question: | Why was the Blonde staring at the orange juice carton?
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Answer: | Because it said concentrate.
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Question: | What is the biggest room in the world?
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Answer: | Room for improvement. It's never been filled.
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Question: | Why is it that California has the most lawyers and New
Jersey has the most toxic waste dumps?
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Answer: | New Jersey had first choice.
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Question: | If a doctor carries a medical kit, and a carpenter carries
a toolkit, what does a mohel carry?
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Answer: | A bris | kit.
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Question: | What's the difference between an elephant and a jar of
peanut butter?
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Answer: | The elephant doesn't stick to the roof of your
mouth. |
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Question: | How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?
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Answer: | His lips are moving.
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Question: | Why did the elephants quit their jobs at the factory?
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Answer: | They got tired of working for peanuts. |
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Question: | Why was the shipwrecked lawyer allowed to swim safely through
shark-infested waters?
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Answer: | Professional courtesy. |
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*Question: | What transportation company has the most literate clientele?
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Answer: | The Reading Railroad. |
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*Question: | For the average American, what has been the most enduring
legacy of the Islamic Fundamentalist revolution in Iran?
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Answer: | The lack of access to native Iranian pistachio nuts. An
entire generation of young Americans has now grown up without ever tasting
a real pistachio nut. |
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Question: | What credit card does an elephant whip out when it's
getting ready to charge?
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Answer: | Visa Gold. From Pachyderm National Bank. |
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Question: | How can you tell when an elephant is getting ready to charge?
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Answer: | He takes out his credit card. |
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Question: | What is phonesia?
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Answer: | The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom
you were calling just as they answer.
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Credit: | The question above was stolen from The Big Book of
New American Humor, edited by William Novak and
Moshe Waldoks
<waldoks@binah.cc.brandeis.edu> | .
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Question: | Why was Santa Claus unemployed?
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Answer: | The elves gave him the sack. |
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*Question: | Where is the primality of the United States proclaimed?
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Answer: | In the Pledge of Allegience, where it is proclaimed that
the United States is one nation, indivisible. |
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Question: | What do you get when you cross a Russian Jew with a German Jew?
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Answer: | Children who are exactly ten minutes late! |
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Question: | What do you get when you cross a Jehovah Witness and an atheist?
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Answer: | Someone who knocks on your door for no apparent reason. |
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Question: | What do you get when you cross an insomniac, a dyslexic and an agnostic?
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Answer: | Someone who stays up all night wondering if there's a dog. |
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Question: | What do you get when you cross a mafia don with a deconstructionist?
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Answer: | Someone who makes you an offer you can't understand. |
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*Question: | What makes Newt a dooH niboR Republican?
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Answer: | He likes to take from the poor to give to the rich.
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