Posted January 28, 2009 2:31 PM by Tristan Roberts
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What's so funny about green building? Email me and let me know, or comment below.

Here's my latest contribution to the genre of green building jokes:

A LEED-certified building walks into a bar around closing time. It orders a drink, throws it back, and leaves. The next night, it comes in again, asks the bartender for a shot, throws it back, and leaves. It does this every night for the next year, without fail.

On the 365th night, after the building has had its shot, the bartender is surprised to see it sidle up to the bar's piano instead of leaving.

The building grabs a microphone and warbles Sinatra's "My Way." Before the bartender can interrupt, the building starts immediately into a shaky rendition of "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" from "Oklahoma!" Again, before the bartender can interrupt, the building continues right on, belting out Abba's "Dancing Queen."

After the third song the bartender is finally able to get the building's attention. "What's going on?" he says. "All you've done for the last year is come in here and quietly have a drink just like any other average person after a day of work. Now all of a sudden you think you're the entertainment."

"What's the problem?" the building replies. "All I've been hearing since I was designed is 'It looks good so far, but wait till we see its actual performance numbers after a year of occupancy.' Well, here they are."

Image: The Schmitt Music Mural in Minneapolis, MN.

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Comments

And I thought the punchline was going to be, "I'll tell it real slow and won't use any big words."
Posted 1/28/09 7:33 PM by David Bourbon
Wow!Excellent joke,very funny :))

Sam
Posted 2/2/09 6:14 AM by Sam Jones
Well, its funny on the way down, but the punch line is too long, it needs work. Keep trying
Posted 2/3/09 4:00 PM by Brian
Variation: A LEED platinum building entered a karaoke bar just before closing and sat down beside a platinum blonde engineer, stayed for 5 minutes, then left. The next night it did the same, and every night hence.

One night, many months later, the building rose, took the mic and began singing Frank Sinatra's "My Way". The crowd roared it's appreciation and demanded an encore. The building belted out a gorgeous rendition of "Amazing Grace".

The only person not to offer a standing ovation was the platinum blonde.
A man seated near her asked, "Why are you not as stunned as the rest of us?"

To which the engineer replied, "Well I knew he was good, I've just been waiting all year to see what his actual performance numbers would be."
Posted 2/5/09 4:22 AM by Peter Elliott
Thank you for the early morning laugh !

( and so sorry about the loss of your wonderful colleague Gail )

Alisa Rose
Posted 2/5/09 10:12 AM by Alisa Rose Seidlitz
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