 These engineering and science tech-centric
jokes, song parodies, anecdotes and assorted humor have been collected from friends
and websites across the Internet. I check back occasionally for new fodder, but
it seems all the old content is reappearing all over (like this is). The humor is
light-hearted and clean and sometimes slightly assaultive to the easily-offended,
so you are forewarned. It is all workplace-safe.
Humor #1,
#2, #3
This has always been one of my favorite
Calvin & Hobbes
comic strip episodes (November 26, 1986). Calvin's father, a patent attorney, is
famous for providing zany explanations to Calvin's inquiries about physics, astronomy,
and other science subjects which he knows nothing about. In this comic, Calvin is
riding in the car over a bridge with "Weight Limit 10 Tons" on it. He asks his father
how the limits are determined. His father, whose name has never been divulged (neither
first name nor last name), replies with a typically hilarious version of what goes
into the weight limit calculation. Read on for explanations on where babies come
from, why old photographs are in black and white even though much older paintings
are in color, the sunset, how a light bulb works, and even Relativity, amongst other
things. Bill Watterson was truly a genius.
  This
is an interesting write-up on Calvin & Hobbes creator
Bill Watterson
on the Fandom website. Calvin's father's appearance is a likeness of Watterson himself.
Here is the Wikipedia entry for
Calvin & Hobbes.
The entire collection of Calvin & Hobbes comic strips are contained in
The Complete
Calvin and Hobbes [Box Set], which I own.
Here are a few other strips where Calvin's father bestows his wisdom:
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Calvin's Father Explains Where Babies Come From
(Calvin & Hobbes,
April 18, 1987)
Calvin's Father Explains the Sunset
(Calvin & Hobbes,
July 30, 1989)
Calvin's Father Explains How a Light Bulb Works
(Calvin & Hobbes,
July 6, 1989)
Calvin's Father Explains How Bank Machines Work
(Calvin & Hobbes,
April 13, 1990)
Calvin's Father Explains Why Ice Floats
(Calvin & Hobbes,
June 17, 1995)
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Calvin's Father Explains How the World
Changed from B&W
to Color
(Calvin &
Hobbes, November 9, 2014 - not original date)
Calvin's Father Explains Relativity
(Calvin & Hobbes,
April 13, 1990)
Calvin's Father Explains Where Wind Comes From
(Calvin & Hobbes,
June 15, 1993)
Calvin's Father Explains the Saying
"Give It the Old College
Try"
(Calvin &
Hobbes, June 28, 1995)
Calvin's Father - Patent Attorney
(Calvin & Hobbes,
December 3, 1988)
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