I wonder if any sociologists or anthropologists have traced the history and evolution of Little Johnny (Spanish version: Pepito) jokes.

Here’s a great collection of Zen Writing Parody called The Rootless Root.

I will sample my favorite one here to give you an idea of the wisdom contained inside.

Master Foo and the Script Kiddie

A stranger from the land of Woot came to Master Foo as he was eating the morning meal with his students.

“I hear y00 are very l33t,” he said. “Pl33z teach m3 all y00 know.”

Master Foo’s students looked at each other, confused by the stranger’s barbarous language. Master Foo just smiled and replied: “You wish to learn the Way of Unix?”

With all the recent hype revolving around Second Life, Darren Barefoot created First Life. In case the site goes down or is sold off, here’s a screenshot. Click it for a full resolution view.

I found this online and I think it’s hilarious!

Some Important Theological Questions are Answered if we think of God as a Computer Programmer.

Q: Does God control everything that happens in my life? A: He could, if he used the debugger, but it’s tedious to step through all those variables.

Q: Why does God allow evil to happen? A: God thought he eliminated evil in one of the earlier revs.

He is one of my favorite comedians so I have translated two of his jokes for you today. Enjoy!

A woman walks into a pet store and tells the man at the counter, “I would like to buy your canary which sings most beautifully.”

So the man at the counter comes back with a bird and tells her, “this bird sings more beautifully than any other canary. It sings so beautifully that I cannot sell it for less than $1500.” She thought this was a lot, but for a bird that sang that well, she was willing to pay the price.

This is an amusing essay I found online, written in the mid-seventies. The humor is a little crude at some points, but I think it’s not too nasty in any one location. So join Larry as he explores whether Superman could ever have sex with a human. ---—————

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex By Larry Niven*

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Things of the form (*text*) are footnotes in the original text.

He’s faster than a speeding bullet. He’s more powerful than a locomotive. He’s able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Why can’t he get a girl?