Build a Better Mouse Trap Joke

by Clam 1 Replies latest social humour

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  Clam

  A slow witted man walked into a patent office. He walked up to
  the patent officer and said, "Hey, I've got a new idea for a
  mouse trap." "Here's the box. Here's the hole. Here's the
  cheese. Here's the blade. The mouse sticks his head in the hole
  to get the cheese, the blade drops on his neck and kills him."
  
  The patent officer looks at the diagram. He understands that the
  man is a little slow, so he wants to be kind. He explains to the
  man that he does not think the design is ready to be patented
  yet. He tells the man, "Please, work on it some more. Perhaps
  I will be able to patent it another time."
  
  The slow witted man says thank you and leaves the office.
  
  One week later the slow witted man shows up again. He says, "This
  is the box, this is the hole, this is the cheese and this is the
  wire. The mouse sticks his head in the hole to get the cheese,
  the wire wraps around his neck and kills him."
  
  The patent officer, still trying to be kind, makes the same excuse
  as before. The slow witted man leaves.
  
  One week later, the slow witted man returns again. He approaches
  the same patent officer and says, "Here's the box. Here's the hole
  and here's the saw blade."
  
  The patent officer notices the design and the fact that there is
  no cheese. He asks the slow witted man, "Where's the cheese"?
  
  "Ah-ha!" says the slow witted man. "That's the point. The mouse
  sticks his head in the hole and says, "Where did you put the
  cheese?"
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  Brother Apostate

  Good one, Clam!!

  Here's another:

  A technology buff, Mel spent hours pouring over the ad in Popular Engineering for a ball-bearing mousetrap. He tried to figure out how it could possibly work, then finally gave up and sent for one. A week later, a tomcat arrived via
  parcel post.

  Cheers,

  BA