So a Presbyterian minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into this bar and the bartender says, "what, is this some kind of joke?"
So a Presbyterian minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into this bar and the bartender says, "what, is this some kind of joke?"
ba-dum-bum-CHING
"Freedom is not something that the rulers "give" the population...people have immense power potential. It is ultimately their attitudes, behavior, cooperation, and obedience that supply the power to all rulers and hierarchical systems..." - Gene Sharp
"The Occupy protesters are acting like citizens, believing they have the power to change things...that humble people can acquire power when they convince themselves they can." - William Greider
A rabbi and a priest get into a car accident and it's a bad one. Both cars are totally demolished, but, amazingly, neither of the clerics is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the rabbi sees the priest's collar and says, "So you're a priest. I'm a rabbi Just look at our cars. There's nothing left, but we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God. God must have meant that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace the rest of our days." The priest replies, "I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God." The rabbi continues, "And look at this. Here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of Mogen David wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then he hands the bottle to the priest The priest agrees, takes a few big swigs, and hands the bottle back to the rabbi. The rabbi takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap on, and hands it back to the priest rabbi takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap on, and hands it back to the priest The priest asks, "Aren't you having any?" The rabbi replies, "No...I think I'll wait for the police."
A contribution from my 16 year old.
What is brown and sticky?
A stick!
Bumper sticker on an Amish buggy:
“Energy efficient vehicle. Runs on grass and oats.
CAUTION: Avoid exhaust!”
Poodle, this one's for you!
The Funny Guys at Kulula Air
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." —Albert Einstein
"The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal." —Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” —Albert Einstein
Fark headline today:
"Irish Prime Minister denies claims that he was drunk or hungover on a recent radio interview, immediately destroying any hope of his reelection"
http://bbc.in/9GLTzT
James50
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The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. - G.K. Chesterton
Heads of states shouldn't be allowed to drink. Think of all the damage they could do if they were drunk and made a mistake. It seem.s they can do enough damage while sober.
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. - G.K. Chesterton
Yes, I know.
"Freedom is not something that the rulers "give" the population...people have immense power potential. It is ultimately their attitudes, behavior, cooperation, and obedience that supply the power to all rulers and hierarchical systems..." - Gene Sharp
"The Occupy protesters are acting like citizens, believing they have the power to change things...that humble people can acquire power when they convince themselves they can." - William Greider
Yeah of course I was just being saecastic. Of course I didn't mean to advocate drinking. Why would you want alcoholics running your country? If they need alcohol to get rid of stress, then they are not good leaders.
Marx: Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Lennon: You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
Why would drinking help those things? Wouldn't it be better to have someone else take charge during those times, to get the best possible result?
Back on topic?
My father's mother must have been born around 1870 or so--she died in 1930 of a heartattack. She was a very religious orthodox Jew from Ukraine who never wanted to come to America--my grandfather was the pioneer in the family. She was very strict, moralistic, and clearly, based on everything I have heard, not a very nice person, although my father insisted to the end of his days that she was a saint.
Anyway, my father loved jokes, and one day he told us this one, which he said his mother had told, to the utter amazement of the whole family, because of its subject matter. It must have been 50 years later but I could still hear the shock in his voice. And it is funny.
In a small town in Eastern Europe, a notorious and unpopular man died. The two rabbis in the village refused to preach at his funeral. Finally the family found one in the next town who knew him and said he would do it.
"When I think of the deceased," the rabbi began, "I think of King David."
The congregation gasped.
"I think of Solomon." More gasps. "And finally, I think of the lord god." A woman fainted.
"I think of David because he, too, committed adultery. I think of Solomon because he had a thousand women. And finally I think of god--because he wasn't a human being either!"
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David Kaiser '47
My blog: History Unfolding
My book: The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. - G.K. Chesterton
I am not sure where to put this one, but humor seems like as good a place as any.
What do you think Chas88?Now, there is an entire opera to enjoy in Klingon, created by a Dutch group called the Klingon Terran Research Ensemble.
The opera is called U, from the Klingon word meaning universe or universal. The group performed the opera at the Zeebelt theatre in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 9 to 12 September and are planning another showing in Farnsberg, Germany, on 25 September.
more here: http://bit.ly/9Nn37uIn other Klingon theatre news, performers in Washington DC will present Klingon translations of selections of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing on 25 September.
James50
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. - G.K. Chesterton