[lbo-talk] Girls, math, and science....

Alan Rudy alan.rudy at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 21:00:57 PDT 2011


sounds like a lot of fun, probably would have been even better with beer. A

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:56 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> I heard it at a joke seminar that I took at U.C. Berkeley. It was a million
> nerdy guys from AI and linguistics, and me.
>
> The seminar was just people telling jokes. When we momentarily ran out,
> somebody would hazard a few words on the nature of humor, then someone else
> would remember a joke, and on we'd go. Worth 1/2 a credit and a great way to
> spend a Thursday late afternoon.
>
> It contains deep, deep truths.
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Rudy" <alan.rudy at gmail.com>
>
> An oldy but goody (at least 35 years old... and I'm guessing much more than
> that, probably about _this_ much, you know, like 100 years. ;-)
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:09 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Can't resist passing on my favorite joke about why girls are so bad at
> > math.
> >
> > Q. Why are girls so bad at math?
> >
> > A. They did a study at Yale. It's because all their lives they've been
> told
> > that this (hold thumb and index finger a few inches apart) is eight
> inches.
> >
> > Joanna
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