Catching Jokes / Recent Jokes
"Two policemen are considering the problem of catching the bandit. One of them starts to calculate the optimal mixed strategy for the chase. The other policeman protests.
`While we`re doodling,` he points out, `he is making his getaway.`
`Relax,` says the game-theorist policeman. `He`s got to figure it out too, don`t he?`"
A soccer goalkeeper was walking along the street one day when he heard screams from a nearby building. He looked up to see smoke billowing from a fourth-floor window and a woman leaning out holding a baby.
“Help! Help! ” screamed the woman, “I need someone to catch my baby! ”
A crowd of onlookers had gathered, but none was confident about catching a baby dropped from such a great height. then the goalkeeper, stepped forward. “I’m a professional goalkeeper, ” he called to the woman. “I’m renowned for my safe hands. Drop the baby and I will catch it. For me, it will be just like catching a ball. ”
The woman agreed: “Ok, then. When I drop my baby, treat it as if you were catching a ball. ”
On a count of three, the woman dropped the baby. Everyone held their breath as the goalkeeper lined himself up to catch it. There was a huge sigh of relief, followed by wild cheering as the goalkeeper caught the baby safely in his arms. Then he bounced it more...
If a girl has to choose between catching a fly ball and watching a cute guy in the stands, she'll always choose the guy without even considering if there are runners on base.