The WBF humor and joke thread.
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Trivia: Shortly after his travel book Alexandria appeared in December 1922, E.M. Forster received a regretful letter from the publisher, Whitehead Morris & Co. There had been a fire in the warehouse and the entire edition had been burned. Fortunately, it had been insured, and they enclosed a substantial check in compensation.
“A few weeks later Forster received a yet more regretful letter from the publishers,” notes editor Lawrence Durrell in the book’s 1961 edition. “The books had been found intact, in a cellar which had escaped the flames. This, in view of the insurance money, his publishers wrote, had created a most awkward situation, and they had taken the only way out: they burnt the books deliberately.”
“A few weeks later Forster received a yet more regretful letter from the publishers,” notes editor Lawrence Durrell in the book’s 1961 edition. “The books had been found intact, in a cellar which had escaped the flames. This, in view of the insurance money, his publishers wrote, had created a most awkward situation, and they had taken the only way out: they burnt the books deliberately.”
Psychology trivia 2: A class at the University of Minnesota is reported to have conditioned their psychology professor a week after he told them about learning without awareness. Every time he moved toward the right side of the room, they paid more attention and laughed more uproariously at his jokes, until apparently they were able to condition him right out the door
or did he actually just want to leave???
The buttons perhaps are being pushed by far older and wiser forces than the children.
A question that is often asked of someone with a new car is, "What will it do?"The answer is usually something like "zero to 60 in 3.3 seconds," or something along those lines. Well, here's the 2016 Ferrari "458 Italia" First, here's what it looks like:
And this is what it will do:
And this is what it will do:
It is a good joke. The first telling went too far and now they're being more flexible in how they sell the punchline.
I’ll have to try a poster in the bedroom.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll get a poster of the bottom photo For myself.
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Bob I think they’ve got their Covid masks on upside down...
Tuck... not sure your wife will be buying you that Extreme if she hacks your WBF passwordI’ll have to try a poster in the bedroom.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll get a poster of the bottom photo For myself.
I hope her memory isn’t as good as yours. S’pose it‘s time to change the passwords.
She may get Extremely upset otherwise.
She may get Extremely upset otherwise.
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