The Essential Difference?

Here goes few more :)

Joke 1

One day a mathematician decides that he is sick of math. So, he walks down to the fire department and announces that he wants to become a fireman.

The fire chief says, “Well, you look like a good guy. I’d be glad to hire you, but first I have to give you a little test.”

The fire chief takes the mathematician to the alley behind the fire department which contains a dumpster, a spigot, and a hose. The chief then says, “OK, you’re walking in the alley and you see the dumpster here is on fire. What do you do?”

The mathematician replies, “Well, I hook up the hose to the spigot, turn the water on, and put out the fire.”

The chief says, “That’s great… perfect. Now I have to ask you just one more question. What do you do if you’re walking down the alley and you see the dumpster is not on fire?”

The mathematician puzzles over the question for a while and he finally says, “I light the dumpster on fire.”

The chief yells, “What? That’s horrible! Why would you light the dumpster on fire?”

The mathematician replies, “Well, that way I reduce the problem to one I’ve already solved.”

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Joke 2

If a=b and b=c then a=c, now give me the practical example of this principle from real life.

Student : I love you sir and you love your daughter which means I love your daughter.

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Joke 3

A team of engineers were required to measure the height of a flag pole. They only had a measuring tape, and were getting quite frustrated trying to keep the tape along the pole. It kept falling down, etc. A mathematician comes along, finds out their problem, and proceeds to remove the pole from the ground and measure it easily. When he leaves, one engineer says to the other: "Just like a mathematician! We need to know the height, and he gives us the length!"

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Joke 4

What did one math book say to the other math book?

"I don't know about you man, but I got a lot of problems!"

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Joke 5

A mathematician and his best friend, an engineer, attend a public lecture on geometry in thirteen-dimensional space. "How did you like it?" the mathematician wants to know after the talk.

"My head's spinning," the engineer confesses. "How can you develop any intuition for thirteen-dimensional space?"

"Well, it's not even difficult.

All I do is visualize the situation in n-dimensional space and then set n = 13."

HERE GOES A COLLECTION

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Q: What is the difference between an actuary and a Mafia actuary?

A: An actuary can tell you how many people will die this year. A Mafia actuary can name them.

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An actuary was sitting at his desk when he felt the first signs of an impending heart attack. Immediately he grabbed a lighter, set his clothes on fire, ran down the hall, and jumped down the stairs.

When asked about his actions in the hospital, the actuary answered "the likelihood of dying while having a heart attack, falling down the stairs, *and* being on fire is so low that I knew my chances of survival were excellent".

haha yes they were funny