Rene Descartes walks into a bar. Bartender says, “You gonna have a drink?” Descartes replies, “I don’t think I am,” then disappears.
22 Words
Experiments in getting to the point.7 Comments »
Sarah H wrote @ February 25, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Groan…
Philosophical Humor « A Brick in the Valley wrote @ February 28, 2008 at 7:50 am
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Worship Leader Ron wrote @ February 28, 2008 at 8:24 am
I love it!
David Wickiser wrote @ February 28, 2008 at 10:50 am
I love that joke… too bad so few of my friends do…
craig b wrote @ February 29, 2008 at 5:20 am
As I think therefore I am; therefore what ever is truth, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy think about such things.
Gordon Cheng wrote @ February 29, 2008 at 5:32 am
The only trouble with putting that Descartes joke into 22 words is that it really works better if instead of Descartes saying “I don’t think I am” [which is five words], Descartes says “I think … not“.
The original phrase, after all, is “I think therefore I am.” So if there is a slight pause after “I think”, the hearer expects the usual continuation, but is surprised by the word “not” (which is funny, and requires a bit of comic timing), and then the disappearance of Descartes is a double surprise, which increases the long term enjoyment as you think back on why the joke works so well.
All of which is to say, I think both the joke and your competition would be improved, and less verbose (unlike this comment) if it was limited to 19 words.
Adam wrote @ March 23, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Here’s another one (in 22 words, no less):
What did the hyper-Calvinist say when he fell awkwardly down the stairs?
“Whew. I’m glad I got that out of the way.”
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