50wordstories.ca » character https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Q.E.D. https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=93 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=93#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:00:20 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=93 “All jokes are finite (all have punchlines.)  Naturally, the longest joke must also be finite.”

“Agreed.”

“Consequently, there’s a finite number of character arrangements that can form a joke.”

“Yes.”

“Ergo, there’s a finite number of jokes.”

“What happens if we tell the last joke?”

“I think we just did.”

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