Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Superman joke

Okay, I'm back from a two-week vacation, and here's a funny joke that was in the paper yesterday:

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Two men are drinking in a bar at the top of the Empire State Building when one turns to the other and says, "You know, last week I discovered that if you jump from the top of this building, by the time you fall to the 10th floor, the winds around the building are so intense that they carry you around the building and back into the window. Watch, I'll prove it."

He gets up from the bar, jumps over the balcony, and when he passes the 10th floor, the high wind whips him around the building and back into the 10th floor window, where he takes the elevator back up to the bar.

"Wow, that really works," the second man says. "I think I'll try it."

He jumps over the balcony, plunges downward, and passes the 10th floor, continues falling and hits the sidewalk with a splat.

Back upstairs, the bartender turns to the other drinker and says, "You know, you can be a real jerk when you're drunk, Superman."

2 comments:

Adrienne said...

You realize it would be funnier if you hadn't given away the punchline in the title.

Right?

Brad Wright said...

Doh-h-h-h-h...