Practical word problems
Scene: There is a dead man in a garage surrounded by 51 bicycles and an over turned table. What happened?
Answer: The bicycles were playing cards and a fight ensued after cheating was discovered.
Scene: A man is found dead in a locked room in a puddle of water.
Answer: The poor guy died of starvation; the room was locked, right? The water? Oh, the roof leaked.
Scene: A man gets out of bed, and kills himself.
Answer: The man was a midget for the circus, and had just gotten fed up with his bleak and demeaning lifestyle.
Scene: There is a dead man in a cage surrounded by 51 cats, an overturned table, and an empty gun. What happened?
Answer: A depressed midget switched blanks for the live ammo in the lion tamer’s gun.
Scene: A man goes into a restaurant and orders some albatross. After some delay, the food arrives. He takes a taste, and then kills himself. Why?
Answer: Obviously a whacko. I mean, who orders albatross in a restaurant? I say “good riddance to bad garbage.”