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Aetol from France Since: Jan, 2015
#1376: Nov 13th 2015 at 2:24:15 PM

Well, eventually the aisle will run out of bread and he'll raise an exception...

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1377: Nov 14th 2015 at 6:02:39 AM

@Aetol - I find it strange how, despite being a humanities major, I can understand all of them except two. XD

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Aetol from France Since: Jan, 2015
#1378: Nov 14th 2015 at 6:16:07 AM

Which ones do you not understand ?

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1379: Nov 14th 2015 at 6:24:40 AM

The ones with programming languages.

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Aetol from France Since: Jan, 2015
#1380: Nov 14th 2015 at 6:50:20 AM

The joke is that the directives given ressemble instructions in a programming language.

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In the first one, the directive is ambiguous. What the wife meant is :
  • get 1 loaf of bread
  • if there are eggs :
    • get 12 eggs
This is how most people would interpret the sentence, because "if there are eggs" and "get a dozen" should be related. But in a computer program, a condition and its consequence can be completely unrelated. So the programmer understands :
  • get 1 loaf of bread
  • if there are eggs :
    • get 12 loaves of bread instead


In the second one, there is a 'while' loop. 'while (condition) do (stuff)' means "if the condition is true, and as long as it remains true, keep doing stuff". So the programmer understands :

  • go to the store
  • while you're in the store
    • pick up some bread
This is an infinite loop, because at no point the condition "you're in the store" have an occasion to become false. The programmer will just keep picking up bread from the aisle, unable to exit the loop.

edited 14th Nov '15 6:51:59 AM by Aetol

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WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#1381: Nov 14th 2015 at 8:47:59 AM

So, a man buys a time machine, and deposits five dollars into the bank, telling them to adjust the number for inflation. He then goes into the far future, and dials "0." He asks the operator how much he has in the bank, to which the operator responds "You have $5,000,000 in your bank account." The man celebrates, but is interrupted by the operator asking "Please deposit $1,000,000 for this call."

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#1382: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:45:08 AM

Two angels are out for a stroll among the clouds in Heaven, when they pass a box marked Suggestions.

The first angel wonders aloud: "This is Heaven. Everything's supposed to be perfect in Heaven, right? So why would we need a suggestion box here?"

The second angel replies: "Because some people just can't be happy unless they can complain."

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WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#1384: Nov 14th 2015 at 5:03:57 PM

Alright then, let's avert that Plot Hole with a joke from the not-too-recent past...

Doctors from different countries were at an international health conference to discuss the medical advances in each other's countries. The French doctor claimed "In my country, we can take a liver out of one person, put it in another, and have the recipient up and looking for a job in a month." The British doctor claimed "In my country, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have both people up and looking for a job in two weeks." The Russian doctor claimed "Ha! In Motherland we can take heart of one comrade, put it in another, and have both comrades up and looking for jobs in one week." The American doctor laughed at all this and said "That's nothing, where I'm from, we can take an asshole out of Illinois, put him in the White House, and have half the country up and looking for a job the next day."

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
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#1386: Nov 17th 2015 at 7:44:04 AM

I have no joke. This picture just tells one by itself.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1387: Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:30:15 PM

So I was asked; which one I would like, breasts or legs? So I said I was an ass man myself.

I wonder why the KFC clerk looked at me weird.

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#1388: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:35:08 PM

Q: How does a mathematician deal with constipation?

A: Like any other problem, they work it out with a pencil.

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WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#1389: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:38:31 PM

[up]That reminds me...

A bodybuilder, a skeptic and a mathematician are riding a train in Scotland when they see a black sheep. The bodybuilder looks at this and goes "Hey look! The sheep in Scotland are black!" The skeptic replies with "No, for all we know that's the only black sheep in Scotland." The mathematician simply shrugs and says "From what we can gather, at least one sheep is black on at least one side in at least one part of Scotland."

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1390: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:39:04 PM

...Even the matter of...ahem, performance issues?

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#1391: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:43:20 PM

[up]I wouldn't know. But that brings to mind another one...

Q: How does a college girl tell that the guy she's sleeping with is an engineering student?

A: It isn't hard.

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Demetrios Do a barrel roll! from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
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#1392: Nov 24th 2015 at 2:17:42 PM

Yet another good joke about 50 Shades of Grey.

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daird Since: Jul, 2014
#1393: Nov 24th 2015 at 6:07:18 PM

Reminds me of something my dad said as we were moving my brother out. Brother complains the mattress on top of the car isn't tied down properly.

Dad: "There's more rope on that bed than 50 Shades of Grey!"

Everybody winced... though I swear I saw my brother's fiancé smile

Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
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#1394: Nov 25th 2015 at 4:02:17 AM

Did you hear about the doe who discovered he was actually a stag?

Yeah. He concluded that he was transgendeer.

*ba-dum-tch*

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#1395: Nov 26th 2015 at 8:23:38 PM

A dominatrix walks into a Subway, whip in hand, and says "I heard you have 12-inch subs here..."

Weird in a Can (updated M-F)
Demetrios Do a barrel roll! from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Do a barrel roll!
#1396: Nov 26th 2015 at 9:14:01 PM

When my friend Max and I were kids, we came up with this joke ending for The Matrix.

Neo: Am I dead?
Morpheus: Yes.
Neo: NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1397: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:27:52 AM

So I heard that my country has the highest rate of suicides among OECD nation.

God, that's so depressing it makes me wanna kill myself.

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#1398: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:32:14 AM

A guy comes home and finds his wife in bed with another man. He immediately goes to the dresser, opens a drawer, takes out a loaded pistol, and puts it to his head.

The other man jumps out of bed and yells, "Hey! What are you doing?"

The husband says, "Shut up! You're next!"

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1399: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:34:37 AM

That reminds me of that awesome scene from Blazing Saddles.

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WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#1400: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:38:08 AM

So I read an article about the dangers of drinking, and I'm thoroughly horrified. Therefore, I have decided to change myself for the better; from this day forward, no more reading!

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.

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