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Another version of that joke:

A mathematician, a scientist, and a dean were kidnapped. When their university refused to pay the ransom, the kipnappers announced that they would kill them all, but only after each got his last wish.

The mathematician said he had an elegant alternative proof to the four color theorem and would like to sketch it out. It would only take 1 hour.

The scientist wanted to show his proof that the universe is flat. It would only take 2 hours.

The dean said, "Kill me first."



And a Scandinavian version of this:

A Dane, a Swede and a Norwegian are sentenced to death. The Judge asks them if they have any last wishes.

The Dane says: "Eh, could I get a beer?"

The Norwegian says: "I want to make a speech about the injustice of this ruling!"

and the Swede says: "I want to be executed before the Norwegian."




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