Finish Data's Joke

[NAHTMMM]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Nice joke

Thanks.

if a bit long

That's part of the "joke": Data hasn't quite factored in others' lesser abilities in concentration and patience and such.

The "Did it enhance the humor of this joke for you?" is classic Data as well.

Thanks!

[Nate the Great]

I was trying to turn this into a riddle along the lines of "you could have a man that's a monk, a clone, AND a Ferengi, why not?" but I couldn't think of anything.

[Chancellor Valium]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

I was trying to turn this into a riddle along the lines of "you could have a man that's a monk, a clone, AND a Ferengi, why not?" but I couldn't think of anything.

A monk, a clone and a Ferengi decide to go to a bowling alley. On their way, a blinding light flashes, and, arrayed in Heavenly Glow (tm), Thomas Aquinas appears to them. The Ferengi decides to negotiate a publishing deal for the Summa, and the monk says "Nice to see me again."

...Like that?

[Nate the Great]

Um, no. Actually, a joke of this sort could easily turn into a sort of time-travelling adventure where the Ferengi meets his future self, the monk, and an even further future self, the clone who saw all of the unpleasantness that resulted from being a monk and became even more Ferengi-like than the original. But I have no idea what the punchline would be.

[Nate the Great]

Thread arise, arise!


So I'm watching a review of "The Outrageous Okona" and found a version of said joke in the comments...


The Ferengi wishes to wager on the outcome of the game, but the monk has sworn a vow of poverty. The two agree that if the monk does not win the game, he will engage in the 17th century practice of indentured servitude. After the Ferengi's performance in the 10th frame the chances that the monk will win are very slim, causing the Ferengi to boast that the monk's abbey will soon be unable to run at peak efficiency. "That is highly unlikely" states the monk, "for I have already obtained a spare."