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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 9:51:41 GMT -5
Storytelling is becoming a lost art... I even heard Ralph Nader discuss how the lack of ethnic humor contributes to racism, while joking about common things breaks the ice.. Anyway, I know we have people from all over the world, and people who can read about jokes from all over the world...
The Joke: A girl asks an Argentine man for a light. He pats his trousers, chest, and back pockets.
“Sorry,” he says. “I don’t have one, but wow, do I have a great body or what?”
Why It's Funny: Argentine men have a reputation for excessive vanity among their fellow South Americans. No one enjoys poking fun at them quite like the neighboring Uruguayans.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 9:52:19 GMT -5
Jokes don't always translate well, especially when they depend on puns in Arabic, a language rich in double entendre. Take this bilingual joke, which plays on the word sadr, which means breast, and Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shia leader. President Bush asks Bill Clinton for his advice. "What should I do about the Shia?" Clinton replies, "Do what I did with Monica, grab al-Sadr."
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 9:53:52 GMT -5
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 9:54:50 GMT -5
The Abu Ghraib scandal spawned a whole genre of bitter jokes. A prisoner is released and when he goes home, he asks his mother, "Did you see me on TV?" "No," she says. "Mom, I was the third butt on the right." Soldier jokes tend to focus on the cultural disconnect. An American soldier spends a year in Najaf, where he learns some of the expressions common in that Shia holy city; then he's transferred to Fallujah, where he's captured by Sunni insurgents. "You're an occupation soldier, aren't you?" demands the insurgent. "I swear by Imam Hussein, I am not." (The Shia saint is never invoked by Sunnis.) "Hah," says the insurgent, shooting him dead, "You're a Shiite!" Or: after four years of occupation, an insurgent goes to a sheikh for religious guidance. "Sayid, if we get the Americans out, can we keep their female soldiers as slaves for sex?" The Sheikh responds promptly. "Son, if you get the Americans out, you can even have sex with me."
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki comes in for some harsh ones. Al Qaeda kidnaps him and says they'll douse him in gasoline and set him alight unless a ransom of one million dollars is paid. His supporters go out in the street looking for donations. "What are most people giving?" one would-be contributor asks. "Oh, some gave five liters, others ten."
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 10:00:38 GMT -5
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 16, 2022 10:04:30 GMT -5
So what is their favourite Saddam joke? "Saddam is addressing a convention of the blind in Baghdad on the eve of the American attack. He tells them: 'God willing, you will see our victory.'"
Another Saddam joke: Saddam and Ezad Duri (one of Saddam's top Ba'ath party commanders) go on a trip to Europe. They visit a brothel. Saddam sleeps with a blonde prostitute. Afterwards, Duri asks: "How was she?" Saddam replies: "Uday's mother (Uday is Saddam's son, by his ex-wife Sajira) was better." Duri then sleeps with the same prostitute. Saddam asks: "How was she?" Duri replies: "Uday's mother was better."
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Post by mortsahlfan on Aug 17, 2022 15:42:13 GMT -5
Rockefeller dies. He's standing in line at the pearly gates. One newcomer wants to enter the kingdom. St. Peter asks,
"What did you do for others?"
"I was a great teacher and helped kids"
"Ok, you may enter"... and this goes on.
Then Rockefeller is up.... St. Peter asks, "What did YOU do for people?"
"I once gave three homeless men a dime" (which I believe would remove their incentive)
God intervenes and says, "Give him 30 cents and tell him to go to Hell"
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Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2023 19:21:50 GMT -5
www.jokes4us.com/politicaljokes/saddamhusseinjokes.html Saddam Hussein, Taha Yassin Ramadan and Tariq Aziz are lounging on the balcony of one of Saddam�s palaces when a flock of geese flies over. "Ramadan, shoot the geese," Saddam says. The vice president lifts his AK-47 and empties a clip into the sky, but doesn�t hit a single goose. "You try, Tariq," Saddam says. The deputy prime minister fires and misses as well. "Damn, I have to do everything around here," Saddam says. He fires five rounds in the air. None of the birds fall. There�s an awkward silence. Then Tariq Aziz points at the receding flock and says, "My God, would you look at that! Dead birds flying!" source: www.jokes4us.com/politicaljokes/saddamhusseinjokes.html
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