Unfunny Joke No. 1. Prof Lam, during Investment Analysis class:
Prof: Let me tell you all a joke. What's the difference between an investment bank and a hedge fund?
Student A: an investment bank faces more regulatory pressure than a hedge fund, and it holds more diversified assets.
Prof: Good try, but that's the textbook answer. Actually, the joke is that i-banks are more leveraged than hedge funds. HAHAHAHA!!!! (yeah, she let rip a guffaw)
Me: Maaaan, how is that even a joke?!?!
Seriously, I'm a bit worried that I don't find that in the least bit funny. What if my colleagues in the future are all bonding and laughing over jokes like that and I sit in a corner being sulky and not being part of all that hilarious stand-up?! I'll end up being an outcast cos I don't share their same love of finance jokes.
Unfunny Joke No. 2. From xx's (a web engineer) blog:
I did not roll over laughing from this one either. But understandably, because I'm not well-versed in programming code. Apparently the mother in the comic actually gave her son a name that deleted the school’s database of students through a method called SQL Injection. Um, hahaa?
All this funny business is making me slightly disturbed.
