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Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Three logisticians just finished dinner, and the waitress comes up and asks "do y'all want dessert?" The first logistician says "I don't know." The second also says "I don't know." The last says "yes, we would."

I've heard another variant of this joke:

A friend asks a programmer if they'd like to go bowling or go to the movies.

The programmer answers: "Yes".

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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(Not my joke) At a recent real-time Java conference, the participants were given an awkward question to answer: "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, how many of you would disembark immediately?" Among the forest of raised hands only one man sat motionless. When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite c…

I thought the punchline was going to be about waiting for garbage collection to finish

If Java had true garbage collection, it would collect itself.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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A software engineer, a priest, and a doctor are trying to enjoying a round of golf. Ahead of them is a group playing so slowly and inexpertly that in frustration the three ask the greenkeeper for an explanation. “That’s a group of blind firefighters,” they are told. “They lost their sight saving our clubhouse last year, so we let them play for free.” The priest says, “I will say a prayer for them tonight.” The doctor…

I'm a firefighter programmer and I liked this one.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "you learn limits in like, 9th grade" comment reminds me of this one: Two mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable amount of math. The first mathematician goes off to the washroom, and in his absence the second calls over the waitress. He tells he…

> ask the blonde waitress an integral I know this is a fun thread, but in real life you could have serious problems if you tell this kind of jokes. To my fellow downvoters: I hate it as much as you do.

Agreed. Although it should be fine if you know your audience and redact only as needed.
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