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I can't help it - I think that's downright funny. Of course, that tells you a little something about my sense of humor, doesn't it?
A few years ago, that "joke" (to use the term loosely) popped into the twisted head of Jason Whittington as I got up on stage in Microsoft's Kodiak room in Redmond to give a talk on multithreading in .NET to something like 150 people. I then promptly proceeded to completely butcher the delivery of the joke. The thud that joke made as it hit the floor could be heard as far south as Portland. So I made sure to credit the joke to Jason.
Since that time, I've championed the multithreaded chicken joke every time I've spoken on multithreading to an audience. I have especially fond memories of someone in the audience occasionally responding to the punchline with "What did you say", to which I promptly reply other to side. To the get. See how the punchline is different than the first time? Get it? Get it? Man - that joke is just funny on multiple levels.
At any rate, after about 4 years of practice, I was able to get a whole 50% of my class in Boston last week to give me a tepid chuckle - the best response ever. But the way I see it, as long as I'm having fun with it, why stop?
Posted
May 25 2004, 10:30 PM
by
mike-woodring