That reminds me of the ‘Sex, Death, & Nudity’ episode of Coupling. Vain ‘Sally’ is talking to an elderly woman at a funeral, and the elderly woman keeps needling her about mortality. (This is also the episode with Jeff’s ‘Giggle Loop’ bit.)
How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted? And if I am compelled to take part in it, where is the director? I want to see him.
Soren Kierkegaard
The most salient feature of existence is the unthinkable odds against it. For every way that there is of being here, there are an infinity of ways of not being here. Statistics declare us ridiculous. Thermodynamics prohibits us. Life, by any reasonable measure, is impossible.
Richard Powers
Have you ever noticed that life, real honest-to-goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in the newspapers?
Jean Anouilh
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I am with you, kid. Let’s go!”
Maya Angelou
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial lemons and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
I tried to get into a trendy New York nightclub last night.
The doorman said to me,
“Sorry mate, you’ve had too many”.
I replied, “What, drinks?”
He said, “No, birthdays!”
When is a retiree’s bedtime?
Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.
I have a statistics joke, but it’s not significant.
I have a regression joke, but it sounds quite mean.
I have a machine learning joke, but it is not performing as well on a new audience.
I have a joke about deep learning but I can’t explain it.
I have a geography joke, but I don’t know where it is.
A lawyer walks into a doctor’s office with a toad on his head. ‘How may I help you?’ ‘Yeah,’ the toad replies. ‘Could you get this disgusting wart off my ass?’
What do you call ten lawyers buried up to their necks in sand?A good start!
What do you need when you have 10 lawyers buried up to their necks in sand? More sand!
I’ve been herring good fins about you.
From who…Marlin Brando? Tuna Turner? Travis Trout?
Salmon chanted evening, you will meet a stranger.
Shaddap! You’re giving me a haddock.
Whale, whale. So see a sturgeon.
These puns sure are crappie!
Oh, quit carping!