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Here are two more for you. Sartre is sitting at a cafe and orders coffee with no cream. The waiter says, "I'm sorry, Monsieur Sartre, we are all out of cream -
by ses1984 3y ago
Here are two more for you.
Sartre is sitting at a cafe and orders coffee with no cream. The waiter says, "I'm sorry, Monsieur Sartre, we are all out of cream -- how about with no milk?"
man goes to bertrand russell. says he hates his beard but will not shave it. russell says "treatment is simple. great barber pagliacci is in town. he will shave all men (and only those men) who will not shave themselves." man bursts into tears. "but bertrand,"
- actionfromafar 3y agoI could use an explanation of the last one.
- animaomnium 3y ago"but bertrand... I am pagliacci" Induction: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/
- xandrius 3y agoDo you expect someone to read all that or is there a particular passages that would explain the joke?
- animaomnium 3y agoYou could read the whole thing but it would be quicker to infer that if I need to explain the joke,
- ses1984 3y agoIt’s a combination of Russel’s paradox, and the joke about a clown named pagliacci. Russel’s paradox is: there’s a barber in town who only shaves men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself?
- AdamN 3y agoDescartes sits down in his seat on an airplane and the steward asks, "would you like some tea?", to which Descartes replies, "I think not" and poof!, he disappears out of existence.