Re: Mostly for Keith

From: herownsourgelatine <dlinden_at_jhmi.edu_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:00:56 -0000

An economist, a chemist and a mathematician are on a train to Scotland for a meeting.
Outside of the window, they see a brown cow.

The economist says: "The cows in Scotland are brown."

The chemist says: "No, there is at least one cow in Scotland and it is brown."

The mathematician says: "No, there is at least one cow it Scotland, and it is brown on the
side facing us."






--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "dne44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
> A couple old ones:
>
> A mathematician, a biologist and a physicist are sitting in a street
> cafe watching people going in and coming out of the house on the
> other side of the street. First they see two people going into the
> house. Time passes. After a while they notice three persons coming
> out of the house.
> The physicist: "The measurement wasn't accurate."
> The biologist: "They have reproduced".
> The mathematician: "If now exactly one person enters the house then
> it will be empty again."
>
>
>
> An engineer, a mathematician, and a statistician go out hunting.
> After a while, they spot a large stag. The engineer says, "oh oh oh!
> I want to go first". But he rushes his shot and misses 3 meters to
> the left. The mathematician grabs the rifle: "My turn!". But his
> shot sails 3 meters to the right.
> "Oooh! We got him!" shouts the statistician.
Received on 2005-06-21 14:01:00