Taoist Jokes
by Alan Sondheim


What did one Taoist say to the other? Nothing

Why don't Immortals tell riddles? They don't know the answers. What did the Immortal tell the mendicant? Nothing

How many Taoists does it take to change a lightbulb? None (i.e. Nothing)

Knock Knock. Who's there? Tao. Tao who? Tao art Nothing

What did the priest say to the Immortal? No Way! What did the Immortal reply? Nothing

Two Taoists went into a bar with a rabbi and a priest. The rabbi said to the priest, When we go to Heaven, we're allowed to leave. The priest said to the rabbi, when we go to Hell, we're stuck there. The Taoists said nothing, we're not going anywhere

What happens when you get two Taoists together? Nothing

Taoist riddle: What happens when you cross a duck and a mouse? Nothing

Two Taoists were talking. One asked, When is an obstruction not an obstruction? The other said, When the Tao gets in the Way (i.e. Nothing)

What's black and white and red (read) all over? The Taoteching (i.e. Nothing)

What weighs nothing and a thousand pounds? Two five-hundred pound Taoists (i.e. Nothing)

Two Immortals are in the bathtub. One says to the other, Please pass the soap. The other Immortal replies, No soap, radio.


Pub. May 2001

DRC