Five Entries from Thom Yorke's Joke Book for Kids

At the risk of sounding like a mindless drone reprinting something already seen by millions of Spin readers worldwide, I just had to show this very clever and very funny excerpt from their 75 lists of rock's good, bad and ugly. (Also, to the editors of Spin, you can stop the lists anytime now. Your last three issues have all been list issues.) But, this one stood out for me. Here are five entries from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke's joke book for kids:

1. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: Because he was a thoughtless automaton.

2. Two guys walk into a bar. The first guy says, "Hey, man, you kinda remind me of a robot." The second guy replies, "Yes. And that is why I control you."

3. Q: What is black, white, and red all over? A: A slaughtered zebra.

4. A man walks into a doctor's office with a pelican on his head. The man asks, "How do I get this pelican off my head?" The doctor replies, "The ice age is coming."

5. The pope, a Hasidic Jew mystic, and Jesse Jackson are on an airplane at 50,000 feet. Suddenly, the engines start to fail. They go to the back of the plane to locate the parachutes. However, they only find a bunch of books about airline disasters. The plane crashes. End of joke.