Why Don’t We Mix Up the Two

(Tune, “Why don’t we get drunk…”
with apologies to Jimmy Buffett)

I’ve got a pound of Cesium,
It’s burning gently near.
The sky-blue flame looks lovely,
But it’s noise I want to hear.
So darlin’ bring some water,
A couple pints’ll do.
And why don’t we mix up the two?

Why don’t we mix up the two?
‘Cause Cesium and water,
Really make a wicked brew.
You say I’ve got a death wish,
But honey, I’m just blue.
So why don’t we mix up the two?

—Songs of Cesium #29

These four guys were walking down the street, a Saudi, a Russian, a North Korean, and a New Yorker.

A reporter comes running up and says, “Excuse me, what is your opinion about the meat shortage?”

The Saudi says, “What’s a shortage?”

The Russian says, “What’s meat?”

The North Korean says, “What’s an opinion?”

The New Yorker, says, “Excuse me?? What’s excuse me?”

A shoeseller meets a mathematician and complains that he does not know what size shoes to buy. “No problem,” says the mathematician, “there is a simple equation for that,” and he shows him the Gaussian normal distribution. The shoeseller stares some time at het equation and asks, “What is that symbol?” “That is the Greek letter pi.” “What is pi?” “That is the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.” Upon this the shoeseller cries out: “What does a circle have to do with shoes?!”

(Aussie accent:) Hi, how ‘ya goin’, listen, I’m not here, but I tell ya what, this anserin’ machine is so clever, I kid you not, if you don’t leave a message — it’ll ring ‘ya back and ask for one! Bye.

Two little squirrels were walking along in the forest. The first one spied a nut and cried out, “Oh, look! A nut!” The second squirrel jumped on it and said, “It