In message , Alan Browne
writes:
On 2018-03-05 20:27, PeterN wrote:
On 3/5/2018 4:33 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , PeterN
writes:
On 3/3/2018 3:35 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Alan
Browne* writes:
On 2018-03-03 08:43, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
*A biochemist walks into a student bar and says to the barman:
"I'd like* 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 (-:

Not if they were involved in healthcare. ;-)
I was not a healthcare provider, but had many clients who were.

It wasn't the ATP aspect I thought might not be obvious outside the
UK, it was the 80p aspect.

Though I should amend it to "some" adenosine; I suspect it's a
_long_ time since 80p would get you a pint of _anything_ from a barman.
I took the comment as a pun.

It's actually a very clever joke - the 80 p. pun only scratched the surface.

I realise humour is usually spoilt by explanation, but please explain
anyway: I couldn't see beyond the 80p.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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