Do you know any astronomer jokes?

What is the Main Sequence?

"Graduate student...Post-Doc...Unemployed"

How many astronomers does it take to change a light bulb?

If you are a theoretician.......... 1.0000000
If you are an observer............. 1.0 +/- 1.0
If you work under contract......... 1.0 but only 25 % of your time
                                        can be charged to this activity.

What is the quickest way to confuse an astronomer?

"Give him/her all of the observing time they asked for in their proposal"


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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