A Little Laugh

Well, if till now you've been thinking that the theologists and philosophers are the people who've forgotten to laugh then this is gonna change your mind.....I present a few jokes which I stumbled upon recently while roaming in the 'Brobdingnagian' world of internet......have a laugh

"A philosopher," said the theologian, "it is like a blind man in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn't there."

"That' s right," replied the philosopher, "and if he were a theologian, he'd find it."
--------------- on exam. qs and ans.------------


How many philosophers does it take to change a light bulb?

1) "Hmmm ... well this is an interesting question isn't it?"
2) "Define a 'light bulb' ..."
3) "How can you be sure it needs changing?"
4) Three. One to change it and two to stand around arguing over whether or not the light bulb exists etc.

---------- an interesting aspect of philosophy----------

Don't 'look' at anything in a physics lab.
Don't 'taste' anything in a chemistry lab.
Don't ''smell' anything in a biology lab.
Don't 'touch' anything in a medical lab.

and, most importantly:

Don't listen to anything in a philosophy department

----------- laws of philosophy-----------

The First Law of Philosophy
For every philosopher, there exists an equal and opposite philosopher.


The Second Law of Philosophy
They're both wrong.

Question:- What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a philosopher?
Answer:- An offer you can't understand

Here's an old chestnut :

By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher - Socrates

Here's another one :

One day the great Greek philosopher Socrates (469 - 399 BC) came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Three?", exclaimed the student.

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"Oh no," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates interrupted, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.

Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"

"Well it....no, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

It also explains why he never found out that Plato was having an affair with his wife.

A philosophy professor walks in to give his class their final test . Placing his chair on his desk the professor instructs the class, "Using every applicable thing you've learned in this course, prove to me that this chair DOES NOT EXIST."

So, pencils are writing and erasers are erasing, students are preparing to embark on novels proving that this chair doesn't exist, except for one student. He spends thirty seconds writing his answer, then turns his final in to the astonishment of his peers.

Time goes by, and the day comes when all the students get their final grades ... and to the amazement of the class, the student who wrote for thirty seconds gets the highest grade in the class.

His answer to the question was- "What chair?"