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OK, someone told me this yesterday, so don't blame me if it isn't funny:

Three men are on a jumbo jet that's going straight down, about to crash. However, there are only two parachutes. One of the men is a scientist, the other is a hobo, and the last man is a bodyguard. They begin to argue about who should get the parachute.

"I could help save the planet, I should get the first one!" The scientist proclaims.

"I might become a millionaire, I should get the first one!" The hobo yells.

"People like the King Of England need protection. I should get the first one!" The bodyguard yells back.

Eventually, it is decided that the scientist gets the first parachute. He grabs it and jumps off the plane, yelling, "SO LONG, SUCKERS!"

The hobo dives for the other parachute, but the bodyguard stops him. "It's OK, there's still two parachutes left. The scientist took the picnic basket."

I've stared high school this year, and I need help with Maths homework- I don't know what half the questions mean, and it's piling up on my bedroom desk like dust! I spend hours trying to work it out, only to fail.

What's algebra? I need some kind soul to explain to me what algebra is A.S.A.P!

Hi, MathsIsFun, could you possibly put Wink Murder back up again? It could give everyone a chance to get those 'Playing', 'Winked' and 'Solved' things that are above the avatars of several users on the forum.

A woman wants to take a cat, a mouse and some cat food from one side of a river to another. She has one small canoe that can only hold one other thing besides her. If the cat and mouse are left alone, the cat will eat the mouse. If the cat is left alone with the cat food, it will eat it. How can the woman get all three things across the river safely?