This has to be the greatest joke in the history of mankind - it's is a bit long so stay with it!
There was this mad man who had been in a madhouse for the past 20 years, and every year he had to go in front of a committee to try to prove he wasn't mad anymore, but every year they turned him down.
So this one year, he found a spider, named him Boris and decided to teach him tricks & kept him in a nice warm box.
The following year came & it was time for him to go in front of the committee once again. He walked in, and plonked the box in front of him on the table with Boris inside.
"What have you brought that box for?" the committee asked him.
"He's my pet spider Boris and I've brought him along to prove that I'm not mad anymore so you can let me out" came the reply.
He proceeded to get Boris out of the box, and placed him in front of him on the table.
"Boris walk on two legs" he commanded. Boris walked on two legs.
"Boris do a backflip" he commanded. Boris did a backflip.
The committee were amazed at this and applauded - "we realise only a genius could have taught a spider to do that - you're free to go" they said.
"Hang on - I'm not finished" he said. "I've got one more trick to show you"
The committee awaited with baited breath.
The madman picked up B drumroll:oris, and slowly pulled off each of his legs, counting out loud - "one, two, three four, five, six, seven, eight". He then put Boris' body back on the table and said:
"Boris walk on two legs". Boris didn't move.
"Boris do a backflip". Boris didn't move.
"Now that just goes to show you" said the madman, "that when you pull a spider's legs off he goes completely deaf"!
