Re: Really Terrible Puns Vol 1
OK, this isn't a pun at all, still, it's a great joke.....
Sherlock Holmes and Watson went out camping. During the night, Watson stirred, and sensed that Holmes was awake.
"Holmes, is everything okay?" asked Watson.
"Look up, Watson, and tell me what you see."
"I see stars, Holmes."
"and what do you make of that?"
"um...the results of gravity-induced hydrogen fusion from tens of millions of years ago."
"anything else?"
"um....a sight that has inspired poets, musicians, and scientists for millenia."
"anything else?"
"um....a near-infinitude of visible stars, probably millions of more we can't see, even if a fraction had planets and even if a fraction of those planets had life and even if a fraction of those planets had intelligent life, well, the numbers are so vast to begin with, the odds are miniscule that we are the only intelligent life in the universe."
"I see"
Long silence.
Watson clears his throat.
More silence.
Finally,
"Holmes, what do you see?"
"Well, Watson, I see stars."
"yes, but, what does that mean to you?"
"it means, Watson, that someone stole our tent while we were sleeping!