Grandad Jokes, Batch #91

Richard Seltzer
2 min readJul 5, 2022
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From the section Nonsensical Science, Philosophy, History, and Religion of the book Grandad Jokes.

501

In God’s language

(not English),

both verbs and word order are important.

In the beginning was the Verb,

and the Verb was God.

502

Remember,

no matter what,

you are not a loan.

You are a gift.

503

Astronomers are experts

at light reading.

504

First came written language

engraved on cave walls.

Then Ug pointed at a letter and made sound,

pointed at another and made another sound …

And so spoken language was invented.

505

The golden rule —

gold rules.

506

The scientist took art lessons

so he could learn to draw

better conclusions.

507

The elements of astrology are easy to understand.

Two aquarius atoms plus one pisces make water.

508

Every Sunday

he went to church

with religious regularity

and sat through

the interminable sermon.

He was a bored again Christian.

509

Central concept of

existentialist ancient Greek philosopher —

athenticity.

510

The judge asked,”Do you or do you know understand

that you broke the law?”

The scientist replied,

“In quantum physics,Laws are probabilities

and suggestions.”

511

He was afraid of getting a dirty mind,

so he joined Scientology,

so he would get

brain washed, regularly.

512

Philosophical quandary —

free will or

the great chaingang of being.

513

In the beginning,

God created math.

514

Death is an asymptote.

515

Suggested Buddhist slogan —

What you see isn’t what you get.

516

He wanted to tell her the meaning of the universe,

but she hated it when he talked with his mouth full.

And by the time he swallowed, he had forgotten.

517

They visited the ghost of Moses

for Pastover.

518

God and Satan bet on

who would eat the apple first.

It was a toss up

Adams or Evens.

519

Shakespeare’s reaction to a

museum of modern art —

“Wherefore art thou?”

520

Appreciation of digital art

is pixelation.

521

Her dissertation was on the reception of Homer in China.

That was the start of her career as a receptionist.

522

She was a far-cited scholar.

She cited herself all the time.

523

Suggested name for a book

of traditional Hebrew songs —

Elohimnal.

524

In Hebrew

the name of the one true God,

Elohim,

is plural.

525

The Minutemen

came

saw

concord

and lexington

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Richard Seltzer

His recent books include Echoes from the Attic, Grandad Jokes, Lizard of Oz, Shakespeare'sTwin Sister, To Gether Tales. and Parallel Lives, seltzerbooks.com