Unutterably Silly Countdown!

[beppe]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Give me same will you? with this diet I am starving.

[Sweetpea]

122 days left...

[LazyScot]

24.

A very nice number. Who could not like two dozen. As in the joke "how does an elephant ask for two dozen cream buns?". It even likes to dress up in exclamation marks, and do impressions, as in 4! , whilst telling jokes (admittedly sometimes at the expense of other numbers, such as "why is six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine." and "what did zero say to eight? Nice belt.".)

It also has a slightly naughty, but nice, side. You see 10^24 is the largest number with an SI unit, which is Yotta. And Yotta Number is well-known behind twitching curtains in the suburbs of the city of 20, where it frequently runs somewhat risque dinner parties involving giggling, cream (remember ordering the cream buns...) and trifles.

All in all, a very fun number.

[FlorenceArt]

I like 24 It's twice as good as 12, which is 3 x 4. 24 is 3 x 8, or 3 x 2cube or 3 x 2 x 2 x 2. Cool number

[Wetdogeared]

Not to forget that 24 is also the number of hours in the day, the name of a television series and the number of bottles in a case of beer when you ask for a two-four.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by LazyScot

24.

A very nice number. Who could not like two dozen. As in the joke "how does an elephant ask for two dozen cream buns?". It even likes to dress up in exclamation marks, and do impressions, as in 4! , whilst telling jokes (admittedly sometimes at the expense of other numbers, such as "why is six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine." and "what did zero say to eight? Nice belt.".)

It also has a slightly naughty, but nice, side. You see 10^24 is the largest number with an SI unit, which is Yotta. And Yotta Number is well-known behind twitching curtains in the suburbs of the city of 20, where it frequently runs somewhat risque dinner parties involving giggling, cream (remember ordering the cream buns...) and trifles.

All in all, a very fun number.

wait, wait, wait !! you can't leave us hanging like that ! you have to come back and tell us : how *does* an elephant ask for two dozen cream buns ???

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wait, wait, wait !! you can't leave us hanging like that ! you have to come back and tell us : how *does* an elephant ask for two dozen cream buns ???

That's right! Who knows, maybe tomorrow my great-aunt will die and leave me an elephant, and I'll have to feed him, so I'll need to know that!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

That's right! Who knows, maybe tomorrow my great-aunt will die and leave me an elephant, and I'll have to feed him, so I'll need to know that!

and that's just *one* situation where that information would be essential !

[FlorenceArt]

Ah, do you remember those "elephant in the fridge" jokes? :sigh:

My favorite elephant jokes:

Why shouldn't you be walking in the desert between 4 and 5 PM?
Because that's the time the elephants are doing their skydiving drills.

Why are crocodiles flat?
They were in the desert between 4 and 5.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Ah, do you remember those "elephant in the fridge" jokes? :sigh:

My favorite elephant jokes:

Why shouldn't be walking in the desert between 4 and 5 PM?
Because that's the time the elephants are doing their skydiving drills.

Why are crocodiles flat?
They were in the desert between 4 and 5.

i never heard those ones ! they're great ! i like this one :

how do you know when an elephant has been in the refrigerator ?

because of the footprints in the butter.

or : how do you get an elephant into the fridge ?

open the door, put the elephant inside, close the door.

how do you get a llama into the fridge ?

open the door, remove the elephant, put the llama inside, close the door.

also i think you may be a good candidate for two of my all-time favourite jokes ever (after "what's the difference between a duck ?") :

1. quelle est la différence entre un bocal et une boîte de conserves ?









dans une boîte de conserves, les petits pois sont verts, mais dans un bocal, les poissons rouges.

hahahahahaha !!!





2. on ne dit pas dégâts des eaux, on dit des marins.


PAAA HAHAHAHAHA !!!!! the first time i saw that one i didn't understand it and it looked completely stupid. i said it out loud like "hein ? on dit pas dégâts des eaux... aaaaaaaaah !! hihihihihi !!"

[FlorenceArt]

aw, shucks, OK

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

aw, shucks, OK

(2 of them, so they can be in the countdown)

[FlorenceArt]

Why do elephants wear pink slippers?
So that they don't hurt their feet when they go skydiving.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Why do elephants wear pink slippers?
So that they don't hurt their feet when they go skydiving.

i'm going to have to make a list of these !

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i never heard those ones ! they're great ! i like this one :

how do you know when an elephant has been in the refrigerator ?

because of the footprints in the butter.

or : how do you get an elephant into the fridge ?

open the door, put the elephant inside, close the door.

how do you get a llama into the fridge ?

open the door, remove the elephant, put the llama inside, close the door.

also i think you may be a good candidate for two of my all-time favourite jokes ever (after "what's the difference between a duck ?") :

1. quelle est la différence entre un bocal et une boîte de conserves ?









dans une boîte de conserves, les petits pois sont verts, mais dans un bocal, les poissons rouges.

hahahahahaha !!!





2. on ne dit pas dégâts des eaux, on dit des marins.


PAAA HAHAHAHAHA !!!!! the first time i saw that one i didn't understand it and it looked completely stupid. i said it out loud like "hein ? on dit pas dégâts des eaux... aaaaaaaaah !! hihihihihi !!"

Well, I'm just rolling on the floor with laughter....