Circumstantial Evidence
JOKE OF THE WEEK, 7 Oct 2024
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
A husband and wife spent their vacation at a lake where he enjoyed fishing. One day, while he was taking a nap on shore, the wife took their fishing boat to explore the lake. Suddenly a police boat approached her and the policeman said,
“You are in a zone where fishing is prohibited and I have to fine you.”
“That is ridiculous,” the woman protested, “you can see that I have not been fishing, and I am not going to!”
The policeman insisted, “But you have all the equipment.”
The woman said, “Then I will accuse you of rape.”
The policeman was astounded and furious: “How could you, I have not done anything to you!”
The woman retorted, “But you have all the equipment!”
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Dietrich Fischer (1941-2015) from Münsingen, Switzerland, got a Licentiate in Mathematics from the University of Bern 1968 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University 1976. Fischer was a MacArthur Fellow in International Peace and Security at Princeton University 1986-88, has taught mathematics, computer science, economics and peace studies at various universities, and been a consultant to the United Nations. He was co-founder, with Johan Galtung, of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment in 1993.
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