I really should know better

[madbaker]

I stole farmount's joke for my header at work:
"What did you do to the cat, dear? It looks half dead." -Mrs. Schrodinger

And I got the following message from someone I occasionally deal with:
"excuse my ignorance, but who is Mrs. Schrodinger?"

...

I got the same sort of non-appreciation awhile back when I used the header
"Loki, Eris, and Coyote walk into a bar, and the bartender says 'Order, please.'"

Comments

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

I stopped trying to tell jokes at work a long time ago. It just wasn't worth the annoyance at how ignorant of literature and mythology and science my cow-workers were (and I know lots of folk who could tell plenty of jokes that would go right over my head, and am okay with it ...). (I love the second one, btw ...)

[tshuma]

Yes, the second one is one of my favorites, too. I try not to tell jokes at work anymore -- my sigline has remained the somewhat harmless "Blessed are the easily amused, for they shall be," for two years now.

yesyesyes

[corva.livejournal.com]

*from a card carrying member of the Easily Amused Club*

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I find it's a frequent hazard of being a liberal-arts major in the financial field. That, and having a wide variety of interests (beyond golf).

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, I am sure that has a lot to do with it, but it's not just the financial field, trust me. <g>