# Is this joke funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026 "2012-05-25T00:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/1 "2012-05-25T00:53:02Z")
What do you get when you cross a mouse with an elephant? mouse elephant sine theta. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/2 "2012-05-25T00:56:39Z")
I love it. What do you get when you cross a mountain climber and a mosquito. What are you trying to pull? You can’t cross a scalar and a vector! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/3 "2012-05-25T01:04:37Z")
Dammit, that’s more funny! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/4 "2012-05-25T04:56:35Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/5 "2012-05-25T04:58:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > No. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/6 "2012-05-25T05:07:40Z")
I’ll answer honestly: I don’t know. :smack: Apparantly I’m learned enough to get and appreciate XKCD and BBT, but that’s as far as it goes. :smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/7 "2012-05-25T12:53:42Z")
Not funny. Maybe if I was smarter, but so far, no. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/8 "2012-05-25T12:57:45Z")
Care to explain it? I find a joke is always funnier when it’s explained. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/9 "2012-05-25T13:10:36Z")
Dear carniverousplant: No. Sincerely, Bob Ducca, Comedy Expert ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/10 "2012-05-25T13:14:44Z")
First one. So so. Second one wins the gold. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/11 "2012-05-25T13:21:50Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Care to explain it? I find a joke is always funnier when it’s explained. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/12 "2012-05-25T13:30:50Z")
Frankly, no, but I’m not in your target audience. Which I’m pretty sure is composed of tittering asthmatic math geeks with pocket protectors and dandruff-sprinkled shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/13 "2012-05-25T13:34:31Z")
I get that it would probably be funny to some people, but I am not in the target audience for the joke. Which is not to say it’s a bad joke. One of my favorite jokes is, “How many Sagittarians does it take to change a light bulb? One, and a Virgo to pick up the pieces.” Which probably makes as much sense to most of the posters on this board as the joke in the OP. Possibly fewer. But there may be one or two readers loling right now. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/14 "2012-05-25T14:17:19Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I get that it would probably be funny to some people, but I am not in the target audience for the joke. > > Which is not to say it’s a bad joke. One of my favorite jokes is, “How many Sagittarians does it take to change a light bulb? One, and a Virgo to pick up the pieces.” Which probably makes as much sense to most of the posters on this board as the joke in the OP. Possibly fewer. But there may be one or two readers loling right now. I lol’ed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/15 "2012-05-25T14:23:15Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Frankly, no, but I’m not in your target audience. > > Which I’m pretty sure is composed of tittering asthmatic math geeks with pocket protectors and dandruff-sprinkled shoulders. Hey, Physicists fall down and roll on the floor when they [hear it!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_product) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/16 "2012-05-25T16:02:24Z")
Gonna go with no but I’m not your target audience…now if you want the funniest joke of all time… Two antennae got married…the wedding wasn’t to good, but the reception was great You’re welcome ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/17 "2012-05-25T16:09:17Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/18 "2012-05-25T17:18:00Z")
Glad I didn’t waste time on a poll. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/19 "2012-05-25T17:21:45Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Frankly, no, but I’m not in your target audience. > > Which I’m pretty sure is composed of tittering asthmatic math geeks with pocket protectors and dandruff-sprinkled shoulders. I’m a math graduate, but I don’t fit your stereotype, so, y’know, if ignorance of mathematics makes you feel better about yourself, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Chimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026/20 "2012-05-25T17:27:33Z")
I had always heard it as elephant x banana, because bananas have more comedy-juice than mouses. I laughed, don’t let anyone else in this thread get you down! Made me remember [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrnd63DAH8o) youtube video, which is more funny every time I watch it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/623026.md?page=2)