Following on in the line of really long, bad jokes...
Once upon a time there was a very large office building in a very large
city. This building had 40 levels: level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level
5, level 6, level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level
13, level 14, level 15, level 16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20,
level 21, level 22, level 23, level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level
28, level 29, level 30, level 31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35,
level 36, level 37, level 38, level 39, and level 40.
One day the owner of the building decided to get a PA system installed on
every level, in case there was ever a fire and everyone in the building
needed to be contacted at once. The system was installed on every level:
level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6, level 7, level 8,
level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14, level 15, level
16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level 22, level 23,
level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29, level 30, level
31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level 37, level 38,
level 39, and level 40.
One day, an employee named John was doing some paperwork on the 21st level
when he saw the pager for the PA system in his boss's office. He could not
resist. He picked up the pager, turned it on, cleared his throat, and told a
joke. It was funniest joke anyone in the building had ever heard. They were
rolling in the aisles, laughing their heads off. The accountants on level 3
were in tears. The engineers on level 34 were in hysterics. In fact, workers
on every level -- level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6,
level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14,
level 15, level 16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level
22, level 23, level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29,
level 30, level 31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level
37, level 38, level 39, and level 40 -- could not stop laughing.
He walked out the door of his boss's office, feeling all proud of himself,
when who should he run into but his boss. "John, come with me now!" John
relunctantly followed his boss back into his office. His boss looked at him
with fury in his eyes. "John," he said, "your joke was very disruptive to
the workers in this building! Productivity was decreased on level 1, level
2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6, level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10,
level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14, level 15, level 16, level 17, level
18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level 22, level 23, level 24, level 25,
level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29, level 30, level 31, level 32, level
33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level 37, level 38, level 39, and level
40! You're fired! Clean out your desk and get out!"
But then his frown softened and he added, "Still, I have to admit, that joke
was funny on so many levels.
Once upon a time there was a very large office building in a very large
city. This building had 40 levels: level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level
5, level 6, level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level
13, level 14, level 15, level 16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20,
level 21, level 22, level 23, level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level
28, level 29, level 30, level 31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35,
level 36, level 37, level 38, level 39, and level 40.
One day the owner of the building decided to get a PA system installed on
every level, in case there was ever a fire and everyone in the building
needed to be contacted at once. The system was installed on every level:
level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6, level 7, level 8,
level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14, level 15, level
16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level 22, level 23,
level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29, level 30, level
31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level 37, level 38,
level 39, and level 40.
One day, an employee named John was doing some paperwork on the 21st level
when he saw the pager for the PA system in his boss's office. He could not
resist. He picked up the pager, turned it on, cleared his throat, and told a
joke. It was funniest joke anyone in the building had ever heard. They were
rolling in the aisles, laughing their heads off. The accountants on level 3
were in tears. The engineers on level 34 were in hysterics. In fact, workers
on every level -- level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6,
level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10, level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14,
level 15, level 16, level 17, level 18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level
22, level 23, level 24, level 25, level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29,
level 30, level 31, level 32, level 33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level
37, level 38, level 39, and level 40 -- could not stop laughing.
He walked out the door of his boss's office, feeling all proud of himself,
when who should he run into but his boss. "John, come with me now!" John
relunctantly followed his boss back into his office. His boss looked at him
with fury in his eyes. "John," he said, "your joke was very disruptive to
the workers in this building! Productivity was decreased on level 1, level
2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6, level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10,
level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14, level 15, level 16, level 17, level
18, level 19, level 20, level 21, level 22, level 23, level 24, level 25,
level 26, level 27, level 28, level 29, level 30, level 31, level 32, level
33, level 34, level 35, level 36, level 37, level 38, level 39, and level
40! You're fired! Clean out your desk and get out!"
But then his frown softened and he added, "Still, I have to admit, that joke
was funny on so many levels.