Three types of ambiguity - jokes with footnotes [1]

Some jokes benefit from footnotes. That may not be true of these, but I’m going to provide them anyway. When I found in quick-ish succession a good psychology joke and a good philosophy joke, I thought of looking for a physiology joke to complete the PPP hat trick - but found that PPP has been replaced by PPL, so here we go… ...

3 Apr 2024 · 4 min · 797 words · Terry

Maths jokes from Alexa, Google, and Princeton

When deciding which home assistant is best, a key test might be “OK Google/Alexa, tell me a maths joke”. (OK, your priorities may vary.) Alexa has a variety. Google has only one, and that is “How do you keep warm in a cold room? You go to the corner, because it’s always 90 degrees.” ...

15 Dec 2019 · 1 min · 195 words · Terry