Two tragic jokes
A man walks up to a woman and asks "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?". After a moment's consideration she coyly replies "Hmmmm. Yes I would."
The man then asks "Would you sleep with me for a dollar?" and the women angrily reacts "Of course not, what do you think I am?"
Whereupon the man says "We've already established we're going to have sex, now we're haggling about the price".
The influence of money on decision-making. Here's the other one.
A climber has just climbed Mt Everest and is returning DOWN the mountain when he runs out of oxygen. Forty people on their way UP the mountain pass him, but despite collectively having enough oxygen to get the poor sod back to Kathmandu, let alone Base Camp, continue along their merry way.
You see, most of these people have paid something like $75,000 for the pleasure of climbing Mt Everest and if they stopped to help the guy, they'll miss the chance to reach the top of the world as thanks to the weather, it's a bit hit and miss whether you'll actually get to do it. And there ain't no refunds if you don't do it.
Maybe even if they stopped to help him, the climber may still have died. But that's not the point.
Dunno 'bout you, but if I was at 29,000 feet on the express train to the gates of St Peter, and forty of my supposedly compassionate fellow human beings walked past me more worried about getting value for their 75,000 bucks, I'd be pretty pissed.
The man then asks "Would you sleep with me for a dollar?" and the women angrily reacts "Of course not, what do you think I am?"
Whereupon the man says "We've already established we're going to have sex, now we're haggling about the price".
The influence of money on decision-making. Here's the other one.
A climber has just climbed Mt Everest and is returning DOWN the mountain when he runs out of oxygen. Forty people on their way UP the mountain pass him, but despite collectively having enough oxygen to get the poor sod back to Kathmandu, let alone Base Camp, continue along their merry way.
You see, most of these people have paid something like $75,000 for the pleasure of climbing Mt Everest and if they stopped to help the guy, they'll miss the chance to reach the top of the world as thanks to the weather, it's a bit hit and miss whether you'll actually get to do it. And there ain't no refunds if you don't do it.
Maybe even if they stopped to help him, the climber may still have died. But that's not the point.
Dunno 'bout you, but if I was at 29,000 feet on the express train to the gates of St Peter, and forty of my supposedly compassionate fellow human beings walked past me more worried about getting value for their 75,000 bucks, I'd be pretty pissed.
Labels: Everest
posted by Rob Crawford at 10:29 AM
4 Comments:
re: Catching Features
You had better watch out!
Now that I've cut down Addison, you're next on my list Honcho.
Regards
mongrel
I don't get it. How is the second one a joke?
One definition of "joke" is "an amusing or ludicrous incident or situation"
A synonym of ludicrous is absurd.
One definition of "absurd" is "of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe"
As is so often the case, Tom Scott hits it on the head perfectly.
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