Math joke

  • 13 January 2010

Two math professors are sitting in a pub. “Isn’t it disgusting”, the first one complains, “how little the general public knows about mathematics?” “Well”, his colleague replies, “you’re perhaps a bit too pessimistic.” “I don’t think so”, the first one replies. “And anyhow, I have to go to the washroom now.” He goes off, and the other professor decides to use this opportunity to play a prank on his colleague. He makes a sign to the pretty, blonde waitress to come over. “When my friend comes back, I’ll wave you over to our table, and I’ll ask you a question. I would like you to answer: x to the third over three. Can you do that?” “Sure.” The girl giggles and repeats several times: “x to the third over three, x to the third over three, x to the third over three…” When the first professor comes back from the washroom, his colleague says: “I still think, you’re way too pessimistic. I’m sure the waitress knows a lot more about mathematics than you imagine.” He makes her come over and asks her: “Can you tell us what the integral of x squared is?” She replies: “x to the third over three.” The other professor’s mouth drops wide open, and his colleague grins smugly when the waitress adds: “…plus C.”

That’s from this site.  Some of the jokes are funny, some not so much, but they’re worth a read.

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