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| x Administratium | Bureaucracy |
Administratium is a well-known joke in scientific circles, and is a spoof both on the bureaucracy of scientific establishments and on descriptions of newly discovered chemical elements.
In 1991, Thomas Kyle (the supposed discoverer of this element)...
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| x Klopman diamond |
The Klopman diamond is a fabulous, legendary, apocryphal, and huge diamond, said to have a curse associated with it.
The Klopman diamond was originally the subject of a traditional joke, a typical version of which is:
Due to the use of the name ...
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| x Walk this way |
"Walk this way" is a recurrent joke in a number of movies and television shows, most notably movies by Mel Brooks. It may be derived from an old vaudeville joke. It refers to the double usage of "way" in English as both a direction and a manner.
One...
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| x The Aristocrats |
The Aristocrats (also known as The Debonaires or The Sophisticates in some tellings) is an exceptionally transgressive dirty joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era. Throughout its long history, it has evolved...
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| x An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman |
"An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is a form of joke in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are most usually restricted to those within the UK and Ireland, and the number of people involved is...
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| x Why did the chicken cross the road? |
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"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is one of the oldest and most famous riddles still in use in the English language. When asked at the end of a series of other riddles, whose answers are clever, obscure, and tricky, this answer's obviousness and...
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| x How to keep an idiot busy for hours |
How to keep an idiot busy for hours is a joke which implicates the listener in circular reasoning or action in an attempt to find out how to keep an idiot busy for hours. The implication is that the listener is an idiot. The joke can take many forms...
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