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April 11, 2006

Happy Easter!

Received via email, a remake of the joke I posted to the day 3 years ago: the easter chocolate bunnies :-) MORE...


April 01, 2005

Classic April Fools' joke: The Spaghetti tree

Check out BBC's 1957 April Fools' joke: a spoof documentary broadcast about spaghetti crops in Switzerland. MORE...


January 05, 2005

Women and horoscopes

An incredibly harsh and sexist but funny attack on believers in astrology from the Guardian [...] MORE...


November 18, 2004

Is dihydrogen monoxide a bad thing?

No. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) is plain old water. The dihydrogen monoxide-scare you might have heard is a prank. More information: [...] MORE...


September 08, 2004

Classic blonde

A blonde goes into work one morning crying her eyes out. Her boss, concerned about his employee's well being, asks sympathetically, 'What's the matter?' [...] MORE...


August 26, 2004

Men & Women

Funny story: ''I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. '' MORE...


August 17, 2004

Rotterdam = Amsterdam?

Here is a funny ad for Basiq Air spotted in Norwegian newspaper dagbladet.no: they're adversiting flights to Rotterdam Airport as flights to Amsterdam! [...] MORE...


Corporate Cannibals

A large corporation recently hired several cannibals. [...] MORE...


August 03, 2004

Thunderstorm jokes

As I'm writing, North London is taking a serious beating by rain and thunderstorms. Here's some more cheerful (and sometimes cheesy) reading (Thunderstorm jokes) MORE...


July 31, 2004

Thomas Scott in the news

Thomas Scott, creator of the mock preparing for emergencies site mentioned earlier this week, was featured in the Guardian on Friday. Instant fame. Well deserved. MORE...


June 03, 2004

Business Plan Template

''[...] a hundred years ago, a little old lady in Kentucky put a hundred dollars into a dry goods company that went belly-up and returned her only ninety-nine dollars. Ever since, the government has been on our asses. If you ignore this warning, read on at your peril [...]'' MORE...


May 24, 2004

The American Presidential Campaign

The 'real' seals/logos of the dominant parties in the US Presidential Election ;-) MORE...


May 21, 2004

Why you should never put your photo on the Internet

A nasty little Friday Funny (safe for work) MORE...


May 20, 2004

Latest photo from Iraq

A fun photo of an English / Irish soldier making a joke with the local boys. MORE...


May 17, 2004

The Tire Swing Cartoon

A new version of the great tire swing cartoon on systems development... MORE...


May 10, 2004

Dictionary Corner- Global Office Gabble

Assmosis, Blamestorming, Seagull managers, salmon days and more - this year's must-have additions to your business dictionary ;-) MORE...


March 10, 2004

Organization Structures around the world

Illustrated: Traditional Organization Structures + China, France, Turkey, the Vatican, USA, Latin America, Arab countries, Women's organisations, Poland and Russia... MORE...


January 29, 2004

Mistaken Identity

''Joe and John were identical twins. Joe owned an old dilapidated boat and kept pretty much to himself. One day he rented out his boat to a group of out-of-staters who sank it. [...]'' MORE...


January 06, 2004

Weapons of Math Instruction

[...] At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a calculator. [...] MORE...


December 11, 2003

Thank God For Italian Men

On a recent transatlantic flight, a plane passes through a severe storm.. MORE...


A heart-warming Christmas story

Not long ago and far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the sick elves. Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.[...] MORE...


December 09, 2003

Klingon rules for systems development

Top 10 things likely to be overheard from a Klingon Programmer MORE...


November 06, 2003

What's that site where you can ask the Jews?

Colleague: Hey Anders, what's that site where you can ask the Jews questions? Me: ??? Colleague: AskTheJews or something [...] MORE...


October 23, 2003

Blonde joke: Postman Pat's last day

''It was Postman Pat's last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same neighborhood. [...]'' MORE...


October 22, 2003

Rugby joke: Warm-ups

Following complaints made to the IRB about the All Blacks being allowed to motivate themselves by performing the 'Haka' before their games, other nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own. The IRB Rugby World Cup 2003 Organising Committee has now agreed to the following pre-match displays: MORE...


August 07, 2003

Joke: The Indulgent Husband

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen. [...] MORE...


August 05, 2003

Texan Jesus

I saw Jesus, and he appears to live in Texas! (plus some additional evidence that Jesus was a Jew, a Californian, a woman and more...) MORE...


July 16, 2003

Political Joke: Politicians' entrance to Heaven

Donald Rumsfeld died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, 'What are all those clocks?' [...] MORE...


July 14, 2003

Golf joke: Deserted island

A man is stranded on a desert island, all alone for ten years. One day, he sees a speck in the horizon. He thinks to himself, ''It's not a ship.'' The speck gets a little closer and he thinks, ''It's not a boat.'' The speck gets even closer and he thinks, ''It's not a raft.'' Then, out of the surf comes this gorgeous blonde woman, wearing a wet suit and scuba gear. She comes up to the guy and says, [...] MORE...


July 10, 2003

Dakota Indian tribal wisdom on project management

The tribal wisdoms of the Dakota Indians says that 'when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount'. However, in many companies a range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as [...] MORE...


June 24, 2003

Golf joke: The Doctor, the Priest and the Engineer

Got this in an email today:A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning at the third tee (par 3, 185 yards, slight dog leg to left, water... MORE...


June 17, 2003

So NTNU was good for something...

Cool your beer using cutting edge PC cooling tech. Yeah. You know you want it... MORE...


June 04, 2003

New English words

Words I've learned / heard / seen used the last weeks: nebulous, itinerant, colleen MORE...


May 09, 2003

Friday Funny: Hong Kong MSN Smilies

MSN Messenger Smilies donning SARS prevention gear ;-) MORE...


May 02, 2003

Friday Funny: Irish Virus

Funny image on a friday afternoon... Have a nice weekend! MORE...


April 09, 2003

Consulting Quote

Jeff Nichols puts consultants back on track: ''If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it. Or you've just gotten lazy and rely on the jargon.'' MORE...


April 01, 2003

Terrorists may be in your office!

Quite a funny piece of English humour received by email today :-) MORE...


March 28, 2003

Time travelling stock traders?

Repeat after me: criticize online sources, criticize online sources, criticize online sources... MORE...


December 17, 2002

Santa's Performance Review

Another funny image from my mailbox - this time Santa gets his performance review ;-) MORE...


December 13, 2002

Opting out of Santa's List

... a quite funny image from my inbox :-) MORE...


October 22, 2002

What happens when you dump dry ice into an airplane toilet?

Interesting and hilariously written answer to a question you wish you never asked: What happens when you dump two pounds of dry ice into an airplane chemical toilet? MORE...


September 05, 2002

A Dutchman went to Norway...

A Dutch colleague of mine has returned from a family vacation in Norway and sent me this tragic yet humourous email about his experiences (and the changes he's noticed since he was there last time). MORE...