On 2018-03-03 15:35, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Alan Browne
writes:
On 2018-03-03 08:43, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Â*A biochemist walks into a student bar and says to the barman: "I'd
likeÂ* a pint
of adenosine triphosphate, please." "Certainly," says the barman,
"that'll be
ATP."

Exceptionally clever.

(Would have emailed but your signature doesn't say how to demunge your
address yes, I thought so! I certainly didn't create it: it was from a
list of something like 100 best jokes, or 20 best puns, or something, in
the Independent (a British newspaper) some years ago.

Probably lost on non-UK readers though (-:

I got the "eighty p." easily enough. I had to look up the substance to
find the clever bit.

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