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These are far too entertaining to be Apple's decision. Either they were pre-existing, or a dev hid an easter egg.

Regardless, I hope they stay.

Voice recognition on the Mac has told jokes for years. No idea how far back, but definitely on Jaguar

I think it goes back to System 7.5.

maybe they have api integration with cleverbot, the same way they have integration with wolfram alpha :)

Agreed, these answers sound like a mix of cleverbot and wolfram aplha.