What's the difference between...

[Board Game Geek]

I didn't get it either.

The punchline to a what's the difference joke is that the tag would be something line "but there's no "i" in Gordon Brown."

I scanned the name "Gordon Brown" and I thought, Hmm. That's right. There is no letter "i" in it.

And then I presupposed you forgot to add "The Prime Minister" before his name, which then I deduced had 3 "i"'s in it.

So I read the joke again.

Q. What's the difference between The Prime Minister Gordon Brown and an idiot ?

A. There's two "i"'s in idiot.

With the unmentioned tagline "But there are 3 "i's" in The Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and suddenly everything made perfect sense.

Good one !

[MPwannadecentincome]

an idiot would not bail out the banks?

[Doggy Styles]

Am I a genius then? Is that what we're saying?

[Board Game Geek]

Am I a genius then? Is that what we're saying?

Yes, for riddling a pun so clever on the metaphysical level, you can have a cookie.

[EternalOptimist]

Yes, for riddling a pun so clever on the metaphysical level, you can have a cookie.

er , I think you miss the point here BGG.
The i, clearly refers to the id or the ego. Dumb people often have unrealistically high opinions of themselves, hence two egos.
Gordon Brown does not have two egos, simply one that is has the same dimensions as the horsehead nebula, the same potential to suck the will as a massive black hole and radiates more tulipe than a pulsar.

[stackpole]

er , I think you miss the point here BGG.
The i, clearly refers to the id or the ego. Dumb people often have unrealistically high opinions of themselves, hence two egos.
Gordon Brown does not have two egos, simply one that is has the same dimensions as the horsehead nebula, the same potential to suck the will as a massive black hole and radiates more tulipe than a pulsar.

Surely, what he means is that Gordon could not possibly have two ids or egos because they would both be so repulsive they could not live with each other, like the same poles on a pair of magnets.

Whereas an idiot, which has one pole at the end and one in the middle, is quite happy in his idiocy and makes better decisions.

That's profound, and damned clever.

[EternalOptimist]

Surely, what he means is that Gordon could not possibly have two ids or egos because they would both be so repulsive they could not live with each other, like the same poles on a pair of magnets.

Whereas an idiot, which has one pole at the end and one in the middle, is quite happy in his idiocy and makes better decisions.

That's profound, and damned clever.

Clever indeed,
No one has even considered the new particle, dicovered in CERN, the 'Browns Quangotron'. It leaves Higgs and his Bozon standing

[Call Me Arbuthnot]

Clever indeed,
No one has even considered the new particle, dicovered in CERN, the 'Browns Quangotron'. It leaves Higgs and his Bozon standing.

Brown's Quangotron, of course! That must be what makes up the mysterious Dark Matter, the 87% of Brown's fiscal universe that is invisible, doesn't seem to do anything, but weighs down the rest.

And this is the hidden meaning of the original joke? Astounding. It might just have rewritten physics, economics and astronomy all in one, particle-packing go!