"Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?"

[Brus]

Ultra-highbrow humour has become the hottest thing on the internet

I guess I'm not highbrow enough. I don't get the one about the crows.

[Nanohedron]

A flock of crows is called a "murder". Since two crows don't exactly constitute a flock, that is "attempted murder".

Quite a few of those jokes go right over my head, usually the scientific ones. If this is the latest thing in fashionable humor, I am obliged to point out that the ones about the Buddhist monk at the hotdog stand and about Surrealists screwing in a lightbulb are old as dirt.

[Brus]

A flock of crows is called a "murder". Since two crows don't exactly constitute a flock, that is "attempted murder".

Aha. Got it now.

Quite a few of those jokes go right over my head, usually the scientific ones. If this is the latest thing in fashionable humor, I am obliged to point out that the ones about the Buddhist monk at the hotdog stand and about Surrealists screwing in a lightbulb are old as dirt.

Then there's this one:

http://cauchy.math.ttu.edu/jokes/joke-086.html

If you've ever taken calculus, you'll laugh your ass off. If not, you'll be saying "huh ...?"

[Nanohedron]

Then there's this one:

http://cauchy.math.ttu.edu/jokes/joke-086.html

If you've ever taken calculus, you'll laugh your ass off. If not, you'll be saying "huh ...?"

Well, I got something, because I chuckled out loud. Never took calculus, myself (in fact I am one of those for whom God created calculators), but the story is bigger than the math-trappings, which weren't the point (or at least the whole point, me not knowing). This makes it particularly good. It might be intentional that even I could get something out of it, because it's funny enough for me; it's well-written for that if that was part of the purpose. I think the author is a gifted storyteller.

[benhall.1]

I like those. Pretty good, I thought. I especially like the one about the electron.

[I.D.10-t]

19. A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says: “Five beers, please.”

Looks over at the German and thinks "he's ordering 50 beers?"

[Nanohedron]

Oh, good one.

[MTGuru]

Looks over at the German and thinks "he's ordering 50 beers?"

It took me 24 hours to finally get that. Very good.