[1367] in Humor
HUMOR: A Classic Joke
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Thu Apr 4 08:47:21 1996
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 08:38:40 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 02:03:17 -0500
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
From: "Sterling A. Shew" <sashew@haas.berkeley.edu>
From: Robin Chung <robin2@garnet.berkeley.edu>
They lead a priest, a drunkard and an engineer to the guillotine. They
ask the priest if he wants to face up or down when he meets his fate. The
priest says that he would like to face up so he will be looking toward
heaven when he dies. They raise the blade of the guillotine, release it,
it comes speeding down and suddenly stops just inches from his neck. The
authorities take this as divine intervention and release the priest.
Next the drunkard comes to the guillotine. He also decides to die face up
hoping that he will be as fortunate as the priest. They raise the blade of
the guillotine, release it, it comes speeding down and suddenly stops just
inches from his neck. So they release the drunkard as well.
The engineer is next. He too decides to die facing up. They
slowly raise the blade of the guillotine, when suddenly the engineer says:
-Hey, I see what your problem is.-
