long time no nerd

Apologies all around. The Cadre members are now unfortunately separated across 1000+ miles, so our nerdly strength has been reduced. But fear not! Our eyes and ears are still avidly probing the atmosphere for signs of geeky intelligence.

Anyway, here're some jokes (from the SA Post Your Favorite Nerdy jokes thread):

• e^x is walking down the street when he notices all sorts of variables running back at him from the other end of the street. The variables are shouting "LOOK OUT! A DERIVATIVE IS COMING! IF IT GETS TO US WE'RE ALL DOOMED!" But e^x isn't afraid of derivatives, and he's kind of a cocky son of a bitch, so he keeps walking. He gets to the end of the street and sees the derivative standing there, and he goes up to it to greet it.
  "Hello, you must be the derivative. I'm e^x."
  "Yes, nice to meet you. I'm d/dy."


• I was having lunch with that Gary Kasparov [sic] the other day. We were eating on a checked tablecloth. It took him three hours to pass me the salt.


• What do you get if you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor.
  What do you get if you drop a piano on a parade ground? A flat major.
  What do you get if you drop a piano on a Chinese gangster? A diminished triad.


• Phineas Gage walks into a bar...

Tee hee.