Year: 2001

A Harvard University creative writing class was asked to write a concise essay containing these four elements:ReligionRoyaltySexMystery The prize-winning essay read:"My God," said the Queen. "I'm pregnant. I wonder who did it?"via eMail, Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:50:06 EST

LetterDear Tech Support:Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this was included with the product information. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now…

Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won tonTime between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: 1 bananosecondWeight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigramHalf of a large intestine: 1 semicolon1000 aches: 1 kilohurtzBasic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower1 million microphones: 1 megaphone2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds…

A priest and a rabbi were taking the same flight and had seats next to each other.  After a while, the priest turned to the rabbi and asked, “Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?”The rabbi responded, “Yes, that is still a requirement of our faith.”The priest then asked,…

A man was dining at a fancy restaurant and there was a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table.  He kept checking her out surreptitiously, but lacked the nerve to talk to her.  Suddenly, she sneezed and her glass eye went flying out of its socket towards the man.  He caught it reflexively and handed…

Three brothers invented the air conditioning unit for the car.  They went to Henry Ford to sell their invention, and he immediately knew the value that it had.  Only one problem: they insisted that their name appear on the air conditioner.  Because they were Jewish, Ford refused to do this, being a well known bigot. …

Read the following six statements and the amazing conclusion they lead to:The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL. The sport of choice for the maintenance level employees is BOWLING. The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL. The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL. The sport of choice for middle…