put out a call for actually funny jokes in this thread.

well intellectual jokes you want?

A gladiator went into a bar in downtown Rome. "I'll have a Martinus, barman"
Barman - "Don't you mean a Martini?"
Maximus Glutimus - "If I wanted a double, I would ask for one!".

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A guy working in a limestone quarry got fed up of being showered in dust so decided to improve himself at university and read Greek literature.
That went "from sub lime to read Aeschylus"