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 |