Part of what makes me (and many others) enjoy their career is
taking part in the humor in and around the topics in our field.
I believe that having the ability to keep your work lighthearted in some
ways makes it more of a community and makes your career choice more fun.
Lawyers have their lawyer jokes, doctors have their doctor jokes, and yes
- mathematicians and statisticians have our (dorky) but silly jokes!
I’ve started making it a habit to post a joke daily (or so) on my
instant messenger status (work communication tool). Although most ignore
it, a few like to try and guess the answer. There’s a wide array of jokes
to choose, ranging from pretty elementary (middle-schoolers would even enjoy)
to those that wouldn’t make any sense unless you had studied pretty advanced
math. For the sake of trying to give a smile to other employees
(non-Statisticians) I try to stick to the basic ones.
Here’s a few from the last couple of weeks.
- What did the acorn say when it grew up?
- Geometry (gee, i’m a tree!)
- What do you call an empty parrot cage?
- Polygon (Polly - gone)
- What do mathematicians have for dessert on Halloween?
- Pumpkin pi
- What did 0 say to 8?
- Nice belt!
- What has 8 eyes and 8 legs?
- 8 pirates!
Similarly I also enjoy some great comics so I’ll just share a few
of my favorites!
I'm running out of good ones so please send some in to share with me :)
Links to more fun:
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