Terrible Jokes

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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed May 03, 2023 3:08 pm

That first one doesn't even make sense really :?:
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Wed May 03, 2023 3:23 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Wed May 03, 2023 3:08 pm
That first one doesn't even make sense really :?:
You can replace the digit "8" with the word "ate" which is the past tense of "eat".

8 and "ate" are examples of homonyms.
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Wed May 03, 2023 11:36 pm

Where was the 1215 Magna Carta signed?
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Clarke » Thu May 04, 2023 1:31 am

So they spread Charter out on t'tea table
And John signed his name like a lamb.
His writing in places were sticky and thick
'Cos of dipping his pen in the jam.


Actually it wasn't signed at all, in the modern sense of writing one's name on it. Instead, King John attached his official seal.

But I guess the expected funny answer to the question is "at the bottom".
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Thu May 04, 2023 8:43 am

John Clarke wrote:
Thu May 04, 2023 1:31 am


Actually it wasn't signed at all, in the modern sense of writing one's name on it. Instead, King John attached his official seal.

and here is that very seal:


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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Sat May 06, 2023 10:21 am

I took two pencils to the Polling Station yesterday.













When it was time to vote I could not decide which one to use : 2B or not 2B?
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by Simon Rogers » Thu May 11, 2023 8:00 am

I believe tomorrow is national Limerick Day.

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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by Neil Graham » Tue May 16, 2023 11:59 am

A beekeeper has quit after being targeted by professional bee thieves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-65552726

I suspect it was an inside job as to quote:-

he now believed the thieves had used a drone to find the hives as they were not visible from the road or a nearby track.

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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Tue May 16, 2023 1:55 pm

Neil Graham wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 11:59 am
A beekeeper has quit after being targeted by professional bee thieves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-65552726

I suspect it was an inside job as to quote:-

he now believed the thieves had used a drone to find the hives as they were not visible from the road or a nearby track.
For a bonus point for all you quizzers out there:

Which aircraft is synonymous with a beehive?
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by Roland Kensdale » Sun May 21, 2023 4:33 pm

John Upham wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 1:55 pm
Neil Graham wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 11:59 am
A beekeeper has quit after being targeted by professional bee thieves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-65552726

I suspect it was an inside job as to quote:-

he now believed the thieves had used a drone to find the hives as they were not visible from the road or a nearby track.
For a bonus point for all you quizzers out there:

Which aircraft is synonymous with a beehive?
I am sure I am going to regret it, but could John put us out of our misery? Probably hairstyle related.

I found this in a fruitless google: https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/starr-bumble-bee/

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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Sun May 21, 2023 5:25 pm

Roland Kensdale wrote:
Sun May 21, 2023 4:33 pm
John Upham wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 1:55 pm
Neil Graham wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 11:59 am
A beekeeper has quit after being targeted by professional bee thieves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-65552726

I suspect it was an inside job as to quote:-

he now believed the thieves had used a drone to find the hives as they were not visible from the road or a nearby track.
For a bonus point for all you quizzers out there:

Which aircraft is synonymous with a beehive?
I am sure I am going to regret it, but could John put us out of our misery? Probably hairstyle related.

I found this in a fruitless google: https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/starr-bumble-bee/
OK, fair enough,

It would appear that the nosecone of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is likened to the beehive hairstyle.

See

https://aviationoiloutlet.com/blog/b-52 ... tyle-band/
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by MJMcCready » Thu May 25, 2023 12:39 pm

How do you make a Maltese cross?

Stand on his foot.

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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Thu May 25, 2023 1:05 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Thu May 25, 2023 12:39 pm
How do you make a Maltese cross?

Stand on his foot.
How do you make a Venetian blind?

















Poke his/her eyes out
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by John Upham » Thu May 25, 2023 1:07 pm

Which Roman general was said to have had a large posterior?














Gluteus Maximus
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Re: Terrible Jokes

Post by MJMcCready » Thu May 25, 2023 2:47 pm

John Upham wrote:
Thu May 25, 2023 1:05 pm
MJMcCready wrote:
Thu May 25, 2023 12:39 pm
How do you make a Maltese cross?

Stand on his foot.
How do you make a Venetian blind?



I don't know













Poke his/her eyes out