Height of church steeple

    An engineer, a mathematician and an arts graduate were given the task of finding the height of a church steeple. The first to get the correct solution wins $100.

    The engineer tried to remember things about differential pressures, but resorted to climbing the steeple and lowering a string on a plumb bob until it touched the ground and then climbed down and measured the length of the string.

    The Mathematician laid out a reference line, measured the angle to the top of the steeple from both ends and worked out the height by trigonometry.

    However, the arts graduate won the prize. He bought the vicar a beer in the local pub and he told him how high the church steeple was.

    Gone fishing

    A woman was having a good time with her lover, who also happened to be her husband’s best friend.

    When the phone rang, she picked up the receiver. Her lover watched her and listened intently, only hearing her side of the conversation.

    Speaking in a cheery voice, she said, “Hello? Oh, hi! I’m so glad that you called. Really? That’s wonderful. I am so happy for you! Okay. Bye-bye.”

    She hung up the telephone and her lover asked: “Who was that?”

    “Oh,” she replied, “that was my husband. He was telling me all about the wonderful time he’s having on his fishing trip with you.”