Mocking the hype

Surprisingly, the liberal Los Angeles Times makes fun of the Higgs Boson, science’s substitute God (for what is more sacred to liberals than a substitute God?), with a collection of jokes that people have made about the odd sounding name.

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Joseph E. writes:

With the exception of the Hogs Bison I heard all the HB jokes years ago:

A neutrino walks into a bar.

The bartender says, “We don’t serve your kind here.”

The neutrino says, “I’m just passing through.”

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Some helium floats into a bar.

The bartender says, “We don’t serve noble gases here.”

The helium doesn’t react.

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A neutron walks into a bar.

He orders a drink and pulls out his wallet.

The bartender says, “For you, buddy, no charge.”

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A superconductor walks into a bar.

The bartender says, “We don’t serve your kind here.”

He leaves without resistance.

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A Higgs boson walks into a church.

The priest says,”your kind isn’t welcome here.”

The boson smirks. “Without me you can’t have Mass.

Ben M. writes:

If the Higgs Boson is the God Particle can it bowl a game of 300? Can it bring Andy Griffith and Barney Fife back from the dead? Can it lower the unemployment rate back to 3 percent? Some God Particle if it can’t do any of these things.

Jeff C. writes:

I thought “bosonic” was a kind of vinegar.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at July 05, 2012 06:36 PM | Send