"I think you're just as intelligent . . .

[L O V E L I F E]

I think you're just as intelligent as Einstein was.

Handsome.

 

[Mehm]

lol, why is it I never get these?

 

[RareForm]

you're not the only one. heheh.

 

[TheLoveBandit]

Maybe you aren't old wise enough. I get them. I just find them weaker than I'd expect from a professional lawyer ... comedian ... bluelighter?


Actually, this one plays pretty well. It's an audio joke, but in doing it live the punchline isn't as obvious as it is when written.

Reading it again, I really do like this one. Maybe because the others have lowered my expectations of senior LL.

 

[sixpartseven]

lol, why is it I never get these?

you're not the only one. heheh.

It's meant to be read continuously, as one sentence...

"You are as intelligent as Einstein was handsome."

Enstien was not handsome, so you are not intelligent.

As TLB said, this wouldn't work as well live as it does in text.

 

[Fjones]

This is hilarious. It took me a moment but then I could not stop laughing.

 

[Max Power]

Enstien was not handsome, so you are not intelligent.

You're about a good judge of looks as LOVELIFE is funny.

(hint: albert was rumored to have won three beauty contests by age nine. he had to quit once his parents noted it was getting to his head, thus forcing him into the world of physics.)

 

[undead]

good stuff LL. :D

i wonder if anyone else read it in that jewwy way like i did.

 

[johanneschimpo]

I read all of LL's posts in a jewwy way.

 

[sixpartseven]

You're about a good judge of looks as LOVELIFE is funny.

(hint: albert was rumored to have won three beauty contests by age nine. he had to quit once his parents noted it was getting to his head, thus forcing him into the world of physics.)

And you're about as good as ... I don't know who ... in reading things in context

I wasn't saying I think Einstein is ugly. I actually think he was a good looking guy, even in old age. With his joke, LL is saying he thinks you (the person he's telling the joke to, not you specifically) are stupid by comparing you to Einstein via his looks, which he thinks are ugly.

I wasn't expressing an opinion. I was explaining a joke.

It's meant to be read continuously, as one sentence...

"You are as intelligent as Einstein was handsome."

Enstien was not handsome, so you are not intelligent.

As TLB said, this wouldn't work as well live as it does in text.

(hint: the first bold sentence is rearranging the punctuation in the original joke, and the second is explaining it by wording it differently)