Joke told by the Principal over second desserts in the SCR this evening:

A young man recently returned from World War I came back to his College in Oxford. As he walked across the quad, he was delighted to see his former tutor and rushed over to greet him.

"Hello Sir! I hope you remember me?" said the young man.

The old Fellow peered at him. "Ah yes! Biggins, isn't it?"

"Yes," replied the young man excitedly, "What a great memory!"

"Now tell me," continued the old Professor absent-mindedly, "Was it you or your brother who was killed in the Somme?"

Even funnier, the Principal had told the joke to an Emeritus Fellow. She showed him a copy of one of the oldest jokebooks known to exist, from around the 5th century, and that same joke was in there. The only difference was that the punchline was, "Was it you or your brother who was killed in the war with the Persians?"