Humorous mathematical essays Even though there are plenty examples of mathematical jokes, the mathematical literature is (in many cases) pretty dull. Nevertheless, examples exist in which an essay makes you smile with a nice pun when talking about Galois theory or something... > Can you provide examples of humorous/funny mathematical essays? **EXAMPLE ANSWER** A classical example is the essay "A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Big Game Hunting" by Ralph P. Boas (under a pseudonym) which was published in the _Mathematical Monthly_ **UPDATE** Building on the comments by @Ahmed Hussein and @Hans Ludmark there is already a list of colorful language and a list of memorable titles so I changed my question.

Somewhere between a joke and an essay, is Impure Math. <