Bloopers, Pranks, Jokes.
I always wondered where all those dead Marios go when you die and fall under the screen. Now I know. They go nowhere. They just pile up and rot away like a smashed Koopa Troopa. I couldn’t find an artist to go with this art, so if you made this, please shoot me an email [...]
Ask someone to lend you $20 to put in an empty matchbox, you then also put $20 in. (You must point out the fact that you have also put in $20) Say to them that you will sell them the matchbox for $30. Believing that they are in for a bargain (spending $30 to buy [...]
If you want to have some fun, pose this task as a challenge to your friends, then show them how it is done. Show them a figure like the one at the right. Easy, right? The challenge is this: draw it without lifting the pencil from the paper. If you think it can’t be done, [...]
Effect: A magician has two coins in his hand but when he starts to rub them, it looks like a third is appearing and when he opens his hand there are now three coins. Performance : Hold two coins flat on top of each other between your thumb and forefinger, sideways to the audience. Say [...]
By Howard L. Rosenberg Sealift no. 6 (Jun. 1974): 11-15. During the past century more than 50 ships and 20 aircraft sailed into oblivion in the area known as the Devil’s Triangle, Bermuda Triangle, Hoodoo Sea, or a host of other names. Exactly what happened to the ships and aircraft is not known. Most disappeared [...]
With the implementation of the Eurodollar underway in Europe these last few years, the European Union is trying to find new ways to standardize practices in Europe. The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part [...]
Questions? 1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. From which animal do we get catgut? 4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5. What is a camel?s hair brush made of? 6. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal? [...]
8. I used to have a real bad bedwetting problem … but the last couple of weeks I’ve gotten it under control. 7. I know we just met and this might seem a little sudden … but could I borrow two thousand dollars? 6. Go ahead and Super Size – I found spare change in [...]
It is impossible to lick your elbow. A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out. A shrimp’s heart is in their head. When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in [...]