What struck me about this one was the concept of a "subway bridge".

There's all kinds of odd situations where "bridges" that should normally carry trains, automobiles or pedestrians carry other stuff.  The subway (a railway) bridge is probably needed where digging would be prohibitively expensive or too disruptive.  The oddest bridge I encountered was a bridge in the state of Pennsylvania that carried part of a canal over a creek.  It most likely was installed to insure there would be no disruption in the traffic of canal boats in an area known for lumber production where logs were regularly floated down the creek.

Q:  what do sea monsters eat?
A:  fish and ships.

Have you come across Anne Cleeves yet? She has similarly raised the death rates in Northumberland (Vera) Shetland (Shetland - Jimmy Perez) and Devon (Two Rivers - Matthew Venn)

We are very well acquainted with Vera (who calls everyone "Pet") and Shetland.  My husband much prefers Shetland to Vera, but sadly, the local public television station seems to prefer Vera.  We've never seen Devon, so thank you for that, since it presents an alternative that we'll probably enjoy.  Between falling asleep in the middle of the shows and not seeing them for a sustained interval, we end up watching the same episodes repeatedly and eventually, since we know the outcome, it's not as fun, so a new detective series will be very welcome.

So as to return to the spirit of the thread, I give you this:

An airplane was about to crash. There were four passengers on board, but only three parachutes.

The first passenger said, 'I am Steph Curry, the best NBA basketball player. The Warriors and my millions of fans need me, and I can't afford to die.' So he took the first pack and left the plane.

The second passenger, Donald Trump, said, 'I am the newly-elected US President, and I am the smartest president in American history, so my people don't want me to die.' He took the second pack and jumped out of the plane.

The third passenger, the Pope, said to the fourth passenger, a 10-year-old schoolboy, 'My son, I am old and don't have many years left, you have more years ahead so I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute.'

The little boy said, 'That's okay, Your Holiness, there's a parachute left for you. America 's smartest president took my schoolbag...'

 

Loving the new Creature Comforts shorts. They crack me up!

Here's one:

Joke heard this morning.

What do you call a rooster staring at a pile of lettuce?

A:  a chicken sees a salad.  (This should be read in a Boston accent.)

  

That sounds like a long hallway.  Sorry about the lack of outside access.  Will probably roast vegs for dinner tonight.  Alternative is warmed up Indian food.  For some reason, I couldn't sleep last night, and when I say "couldn't sleep," I mean tried to sleep until around 7 a.m. and then gave up.  Now I'm stupid.  Oh well.  I'll try to go pull some weeds or something that doesn't require a good deal of brain power.