

The passengers glanced nervously around, searching for some sign that this was just a little practical joke. Nervous laughter spread through the cabin but the men entered the cockpit, closed the door, and started up the engines. Both wore dark glasses, one was using a seeing-eye dog, and the other was tapping his way up the aisle with a cane. They were getting a little impatient, but the airport staff assured them that the pilots would be there soon.įinally, two men dressed in pilot uniforms walked up the aisle. Passengers on a small commuter plane were waiting for the flight to leave. (Told right before a quiz in EES 3050, Water and Wastewater Lab, Fall 2019, by student Dan Thomas) Flying Commercial Ladner, I’m all dried up.” Beach Babyĭid you hear about the ocean and the beach having a baby? It was a buoy. One student, Abel Ferry, said, “Sorry Dr. I asked if anyone had heard something worth telling. There’s nothing funny about dehydration.īefore last quiz of the semester, I was chatting with all the students in my Water and Wastewater Lab class and told them I didn’t have any jokes to share. Have you heard the joke about dehydration? (Told during our virtual graduation ceremony, May 8, 2020, by Pearse Zbinden, Clemson Environmental Engineering bachelor’s graduate, Class of 2020). Would you like to hear a solid water joke? The other day I opened my water bill and my electricity bill at the same time. (Submitted by Bryanna Wattier in answer to a bonus question on the final exam for EES 8020 Environmental Engineering Principles, Fall 2020.) Bills (Submitted by Bryanna Wattier in answer to a bonus question on the final exam for EES 8020 Environmental Engineering Principles, Fall 2020.) States What’s the most sarcastic body of water on earth? (Adapted from Lingyun Peng’s answer to a bonus question on the final exam for EES 8020 Environmental Engineering Principles, Fall 2020.) Geographical Sarcasm What is drinking water’s favorite form of dance? (Submitted by Abi Roberts in answer to a bonus question on the final exam for EES 8020 Environmental Engineering Principles, Fall 2020.) Dancing Water What did the rain drop feel when it hit the window? (Submitted by Allison McLane in answer to a bonus question on the final exam for EES 8020 Environmental Engineering Principles, Fall 2020.) Rain Dropping What does Santa Claus use to water his vegetable garden for his reindeer? Check out his podcast episode on water jokes.) Santa’s Veggies (From Alan Raflo at the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. “We figured the barque was worse than the bight.” How did the ship’s crew explain their risky decision to leap from a burning vessel into a shallow, shark-infested bay? Ladner original one of the few, but proud.) Sailing Woes The only difference between Shamu and shampoo is u and poo. (In a text from my brother, Bryan Ladner.) Clean Whale How do you know butane is less dense than water? Wastewater jokes aren’t my absolute favorite, but they’re a solid #2.

(Email from Joseph Loebsack, student in EES 3030, Drinking Water Treatment, Fall 2021.) Wastewater Jokes Someone asked me to name two structures that hold water. (Text from brother-in-law Phil Nibley, November 2021) I Eat Mop He figures it wasn’t very well thawed out. But he messed up the delivery and ruined it. He thought he had it all worked out and tried it with a friend. It all started with a punch line that came to him. My brother-in-law says he’s been working on a joke for a couple years now and it has to do with water. (Submitted by Amy Anderson, January 2022) Writing an Ice Joke Student: “Yesterday you said it’s H to O.” Teacher: “What’s the chemical formula for water?” (Adapted from a text message from my brother-in-law, Phil Nibley.) Alphabet She heard it in the Friday Funnies from Principal Southard at Mount Lebanon Elementary School.) Evaporation Why didn’t you hear the pterodactyl going to the bathroom? But I was 45 years old before I heard it…) Pterodactyl (My daughter, Grace, and her brother, Isaac, both say this is an old joke that they’ve heard many times. (Told in Environmental Engineering Capstone Design, Spring 2023, by Nate Pryor) Blind Aquatic Creatures An episode of The Outfall podcast discusses this page.
