Hours Later Bubba

Old Bubba was fishing along the Bayou for catfish one day when he spotted a water moccasin slithering across the water with a toad in its mouth. Being a longtime fisherman, he knows the best bait for large catfish are toads. In a flash, Bubba grabs the snake from behind and carefully removes the toad … Read more

Next Available Train

Three absent minded physicists were busy discussing a project on the platform, while waiting for the train. The announcement was made, and the train finally arrived. There was complete panic among eagerly waiting passengers as the train made its way to the platform. Passengers rushed inside the train, and the train left, however, one of … Read more

Wrong Ingredient

A student in chemistry class was instructed to create a new substance by mixing some special ingredient with water. Unfortunately, the student chose the wrong ingredient and the teacher realized mixing it with water would create an explosion. He stopped the student and asked him to first stir the water in the bucket for five … Read more

Weren’t Warned

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, “Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that. “ Bobby looked up and replied, … Read more

Interference Until

During the historic first manned mission to Mars, two Astronauts were charting the Martian surface. “Look at that, “said one to the other, “how beautiful this alien landscape is, untouched by man. “ At that point, he was cut off, as he found his radio communications knocked out by unknown interference. They followed the source … Read more

College Professor

A college professor asked his class a question. “If Philadelphia is 100 miles from New York and Chicago is 1000 miles from Philadelphia and Los Angeles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how old am I?” One student in the back of the class raised his hand and when Called upon said, “Professor you’re 44. . … Read more

Solvent That’ll Dissolve

A father was very proud when his son went off to college. He came to tour the school on Parents’ Day, and observed his son hard at work in the chemistry lab. “What are you working on, son?” “A universal solvent, “explained his son. “A solvent that’ll dissolve anything. “ His father whistled, clearly impressed, … Read more

Morris Raised

Mrs. Applebee, the 6th grade teacher, posed the following problem to one of her math classes: “A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?” After a … Read more

Double Negative Forms

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English, “he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. “ A voice from the back of the … Read more