On the ‘Car Talk’ show (on NPR) with Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers have a feature called the ‘Puzzler’, and their most recent ‘Puzzler’ was about the Battle of Agincourt. The French, who were overwhelmingly favored to win the battle, threatened to cut a certain body part off of all captured English soldiers so …
Hmm… This one didn’t work for me, but people tell me it works for them… Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to freak you out. There’s no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can! Again, as quickly as you can but …
A man goes out and buys the best car available in the US or Europe, a 1996 Turbo BeepBeep. The Turbo BeepBeep is the best and most expensive car in the world, and it cost its new proud owner $500,000. Admiring himself, and his new possession, he takes it out for a spin. No sooner …
Earlier this week, newspapers reported that Ted Kaczynski had attempted suicide in his cell. The truth can now be told. This was alleged only because a guard had overhead Ted singing: “I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter…”.
A grandmother is throwing a party for her granddaughter, and had gone all out….. a caterer, band, and a hired clown. Just before the party started, two bums showed up looking for a handout. Feeling sorry for the bums, the woman told them that she would give them a meal if they will help chop …
“You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the hell she is.” –Ellen DeGeneres “Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” –A. Whitney Brown “My mom said …
A hunter’s close friend wanted to shoot his own turkey for Thanksgiving so the hunter agreed to take him into the woods to get his own Thanksgiving turkey. The hunter sits his friend in a large bush with a rifle and tells him “Sit absolutely still and don’t move a muscle or make a sound …
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Three friends go to a bar for a drink. They order a bottle of champagne from the assistant who brings it to them and charges $30. They each pay him $10. When the owner of the bar returns, the assistant tells him he didn’t know how much to charge for the champagne (a brand they …
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.” A voice from the back of the room …
1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some money. 2. If they start out with, “How are you today?” say, “Why do you want to know?” Alternately, you can tell them, “I’m so glad you asked, because no one these days seems …
