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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → General Discussion → Your jokes
eric, there is no double meaning to the words. The lady is saying exactly what she means.
It's not a "belly laugh" joke. It's just the juxtaposition of the concept of enjoying a social evening with friends, and the not so niceness of expecting their hosts to engage in verbal fisticuffs, from which the lady will get the benefit as material for her own work.
If you still don't get it, then, please, pass on. It's not worth further explanation.
While we are on about jokes that need explaining. Can you explain to me the one about the strawberries in a bottle, it says 22! on the bottle, but the punchline says how did they find well over a million?
While we are on about jokes that need explaining. Can you explain to me the one about the strawberries in a bottle, it says 22! on the bottle, but the punchline says how did they find well over a million?
An exclamation mark that immediately follows a number is mathematical shorthand for the ‘factorial’ function. The factorial of any positive whole number is defined as the product of (i.e. the answer you get when you multiply) all of the positive whole numbers up to and including the number specified. So 1! is just 1, and 4! is 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 = 24. If you work out 22! you’ll find that it’s 112 followed by nineteen zeroes.
Thanks for the explanation Alfred , I must have been away when they did ‘factorial’ functions at school, have to be careful how I use exclamation marks now so as not to be misunderstood...
Thanks for the explanation Alfred , I must have been away when they did ‘factorial’ functions at school
I hope you handed in a note from your parents!
have to be careful how I use exclamation marks now so as not to be misunderstood...
Q. What's the difference between a factory worker and a chemical engineer?
A. The way they pronounce UNIONIZED.
Putin dies and goes to Hell, but after a while he is given a day off for good behaviour.
So he goes to Moscow, enters a bar, orders a drink, and asks the bartender:
-Is Crimea ours?
-Yes, it is.
-And the Donbas?
-Also ours.
-And Kyiv?
-We got that too.
Satisfied, Putin drinks, and then he says:
-Thanks, how much do I owe you?
-Five euros.
Met this guy in a pub who said only a genius can count 100 seconds accurately with their eyes closed. So I set my stopwatch on the table, closed my eyes and counted. When I opened my eyes he'd stolen my wallet and watch. Never did find out if I'm a genius or not.
This came up in my Facebook memories for today, from 2020. 
Since we all have time to ponder now:
If poison passes it’s expiration date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?
Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?
Do twins ever realise that at least one of them is unplanned?
Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?
Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work.
Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.
The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims".
100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
Six great confusions still unresolved :
At a movie theatre, which arm rest is yours?
If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?
Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?
Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?
Vagaries of the English Language :
Ever wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?
Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man?
How come Lipstick doesn't do what it says?
If money doesn't grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?
If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?
How do you get off a non-stop Flight?
Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?
Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?
Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?
Why is it called 'Rush Hour' when traffic moves at its slowest then?
How come Noses run and Feet smell?
Why do they call it a TV 'set' when there is only one?
What are you vacating when you go on a vacation?
Learning English can be confusing.
Sorry Alfred, I don't get it. What was the typo?
Sorry Alfred, I don't get it. What was the typo?
What the 'ell does he mean? 18 inches?
Say no more. Say no more. (M.Python)
Sorry Jack, I'm none the wiser. Is it a M.Python joke? I never followed that programme.
Oh dear, Eric! What does the Devil usually give things in exchange for? Change the last letter to a ‘p’ and you get ‘soup’!!
An old measure, typically, of cloth:
the Ell equal to 18 inches. Equivalent to a cubit.
hence "soup" - "what is the typo? Ans: the single letter p, should be L.
Hence: what the 'ell.
Mind you, soup "à la" Her indoors - too good for the devil.
PS The python reference was only to the expression "Say no more".
PS The python reference was only to the expression "Say no more".
“Nudge, nudge! Wink, wink! A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind ’orse!!”
Thanks Alfred for your explanation. I didn't realise that the person on the right, standing in what appears to be a garden, is meant to be the devil.
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