Eats Shoots and Leaves
I found a wonderful joke about pandas (also doubles as a joke about punctuation), originally from a book by Lynne Truss, but I found it in in the story Plantagenet by HiBob:
A Panda walks into a bar. He sits down and orders a salad. When he finishes eating, he pulls out a gun and fires it into the air. Then he walks out. The Bartender comes over, picks up the plate and starts cleaning the bar as though nothing had happened.
“Wait a minute,” a customer shouts. “What was that all about? He fired a gun and then walked out without paying.”
“That’s a Panda,” the bartender explained.
“What has that got to do with anything?”
“Wait a minute,” the bartender says and fetches the encyclopedia. He shows the customer the listing for pandas.
The customer reads: Panda, native to China, eats shoots and leaves.
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Well, this combats the depressing nature of the previous 3 entries, no?
A Panda walks into a bar. He sits down and orders a salad. When he finishes eating, he pulls out a gun and fires it into the air. Then he walks out. The Bartender comes over, picks up the plate and starts cleaning the bar as though nothing had happened.
“Wait a minute,” a customer shouts. “What was that all about? He fired a gun and then walked out without paying.”
“That’s a Panda,” the bartender explained.
“What has that got to do with anything?”
“Wait a minute,” the bartender says and fetches the encyclopedia. He shows the customer the listing for pandas.
The customer reads: Panda, native to China, eats shoots and leaves.
...
Well, this combats the depressing nature of the previous 3 entries, no?