An engineer takes his expensive entanglement-powered car to a quantum mechanic and says, "My car is broken, and I have to be at a meeting in two hours. It's a matter of life and death." (2259 pts)
The quantum mechanic says, "No problem. That'll be $500. Come back in an hour."
The engineer returns in an hour and asks the quantum mechanic, "Is my car fixed?"
The quantum mechanic says, "It is both fixed and not fixed."
Frustrated, the engineer says, "This is the most advanced car in the world, and lives depend on me attending this meeting! Don't you understand the gravity of the situation?"
And the quantum mechanic says, "No."
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A lumberjack was chopping down a tree by a river when he dropped his axe into the water. (740 pts)
He wept bitterly in distress, but suddenly God appeared to him and asked: "Why are you crying?"
"I've dropped my axe into the river, and now I will no longer be able to provide for my family", replied the lumberjack.
Then God reached into the river, pulled out a golden axe, and asked: "Is this your axe?"
"No, that is not my axe," the man replied.
God reached into the river again, pulled out a silver axe, and asked: "Perhaps this is your axe?"
"No, that is not my axe either," the man answered.
Finally, God reached into the river and pulled out an iron axe.
"Yes! That is my axe!", the lumberjack exclaimed joyfully.
"I see that you are an honest man who observes my commandments," said God. "Therefore, take all three axes as your reward."
The lumberjack went on to live a life of prosperity and comfort, but one day, accidentally his wife fell into the river. Once again, he could not control his emotions. And once again, God appeared to him and asked: "Why are you weeping?"
"How ca...
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords (584 pts)
is starting to look like an increasingly sound basis for a system of government,
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