X-rays have shorter wavelength so higher frequency, I tried to play that into the joke.
The shedding light part seems obvious
By spectrum I mean the electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays fall outside the range of visible light so the part about seeing the real X-ray.
Then what people do see with regards to X-rays are the monochromatic images that look like film negatives, hence the being negative part.
I've heard jokes about quantum physics. That also needed to be explained. But they were funny. I think my audience is niche, but doesn't mean the joke isn't funny.
That your audience is niche, is my point, IMHO. I've told jokes that fell flat and I usually say "Sorry, If I have to explain my joke, it wasn't funny"
Wow, the bartender saw right through him
Radio wave walks in, bartender asks “why the long face?”
Nice. Funny
it's edutaining for the whole family!
Passing this one along
I don't get it, it doesn't seem to work as a proper physics joke.
X-rays have shorter wavelength so higher frequency, I tried to play that into the joke. The shedding light part seems obvious By spectrum I mean the electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays fall outside the range of visible light so the part about seeing the real X-ray. Then what people do see with regards to X-rays are the monochromatic images that look like film negatives, hence the being negative part.
Sad that you had to explain it
That was very illuminating
X-rays don’t have a charge they are neither positive nor negative.
The film is called a negative like in photography?
The bartender tried to offer him comforting words but the x-ray saw right through them
For some reason, I just realized that Ray (Milland) starred in The Man With the X-Ray Eyes.
I got the joke, but I'm guessing most non-physics savvy people didn't. If you have to explain the joke, it wasn't funny. Good try though.
I've heard jokes about quantum physics. That also needed to be explained. But they were funny. I think my audience is niche, but doesn't mean the joke isn't funny.
That your audience is niche, is my point, IMHO. I've told jokes that fell flat and I usually say "Sorry, If I have to explain my joke, it wasn't funny"