From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!sdcvax!filip Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Absent-Minded Professor joke Article-I.D.: sdcvax.126 Posted: Fri Jan 21 00:06:22 1983 Received: Thu Jan 27 21:06:09 1983 One of my favorite A-MP jokes is one that I heard about the mathematician Norbert Weiner. It went something like this: The Weiners, who lived in Cambridge, were to move to another part of the city. Because Norbert was so absent-minded, Mrs. Weiner decided to condition him to remember about the move. So, starting a month in advance of the move date, she told him as he left for the university in the morning, "Norbert, remember, thirty days from today you are take bus B home, not bus A." "Yes, dear", Norbert replied. The next day she repeated, "Remember Norbert, 29 days from now you are to take bus B home, not bus A." "Yes, dear", Norbert replied. Well, this went on each morning until the day of the move. "Norbert," Mrs. Weiner reminded him, "today we are moving." "Today you must take bus B home, not bus A." "Yes, dear", Norbert replied. That evening, as expected, Norbert took bus A to his old home and discovered it empty. "Oh, today was the day we were to move", he remembered. Returning to Harvard Square on bus A, he caught the B bus and took it to what he remembered was the correct stop. But he then discovered that he had forgotten the address of his new house, so he began wandering around hoping to spot his house. After a considerable time had elapsed and it began to get dark, he spotted a little girl standing under a street lamp. He approached her and inquired, "Little girl, would you happen to know where the Weiners live?" "Oh, come on, daddy," she said, "I'll take you home." Signed: (Ah, ah...what's my name again?) "Filip." (Thank you.)