So, this bloke walks into a greengrocer's ...

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:07:32PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>... and asks the grocer for a pound of potatoes and half-a-dozen neutrons.
>
>  "Certainly sir, here you are" says the grocer, wrapping them up and passing
>them over.
>
>  "How much do I owe you?" asks the bloke.
>
>  "For the potatoes, twenty pence".
>
>  "And for the neutrons?"

I've been telling a variation of that one for a few weeks, along with this one:

Two atoms are walking down the street.

Atom A bumps into Atom B.  Atom B stops and looks stunned.

Atom B: "I think I lost an electron!"

Atom A: "Are you sure?"

Atom B: "I'm positive!"

cgf