The New Joke Thread

[svmariane]

Originally Posted by jeanathon

Svmarine you'll get the thread shut down for not following the be nice rule!

<sniffle>

[svmariane]

You know, I really miss having Coops' participation - that easy-going and delightful sense of humour just made morning coffee time so much, well, nicer. <sigh> Not meaning to start anything here, but this is one of Coops' lifted directly from http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ead-10204.html :


Possibly an old one, but here it is ...

After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed.

The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process.

After observing several applicants demonstrate their skills, he had decided to call it a day.

Just then, an armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bell ringer's job. The bishop was incredulous.

"You have no arms!" "No matter" said the man. "Observe!"

And he began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon. The bishop listened in astonishment, convinced he had finally found a replacement for Quasimodo.

But suddenly, as he rushed forward to strike the bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below.

The stunned bishop rushed down two hundred and ninety five church steps, when he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moment before.

As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked "Bishop, who was this man?" "I don't know his name," the bishop sadly replied "... BUT HIS FACE RINGS A BELL!"

WAIT! WAIT! There's more...

The following day, despite the sadness that weighed heavily on his heart due to the unfortunate death of the armless campanologist, the bishop continued his interviews for the bell ringer of Notre Dame.

The first man to approach him said "Your Excellency, I am the brother of the poor armless wretch that fell to his death from this very belfry yesterday. I pray that you honour his life by allowing me to replace him in this duty".

The bishop agreed to give the man an audition, and, as the armless man's brother stooped to pick up a mallet to strike the first bell, he groaned, clutched at his chest, twirled around, and died on the spot.

Two monks, hearing the bishop's cries of grief at this second tragedy, rushed up the stairs to his side.

"What has happened? Who is this man?" the first monk asked breathlessly. "I don't know his name," sighed the distraught bishop, "but... "HE'S A DEAD RINGER FOR HIS BROTHER".

Coops.
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[socaldmax]

Well, you asked for it...







How do you get to Carnegie Hall?


































































Take a cab, like every other New Yorker.

[Canibul]

Know the difference between a prostitute with diarrhea and an epileptic shellfisherman?

Well, the fisherman shucks between fits.....

[Ribbit]

An old joke:

"Some provincial man has come to Rome, and walking on the streets was drawing everyone's attention, being a real double of the emperor Augustus. The emperor, having brought him to the palace, looks at him and then asks:

-Tell me, young man, did your mother come to Rome anytime?

The reply was:

-She never has. But my father frequently was here."

The Elder Julia (promiscuous daughter of the emperor Augustus) on Sex and Pregnancy

"And when those who knew of her infidelities were amazed how she, who was so free of her favors, bore children who looked like [her husband] Agrippa, she said: “I never take a passenger on board until the ship is full [of cargo]”

Another old joke:
"A man from Kyme was trying to sell some honey. When someone came and tasted it and said that it was very good, the seller said: “Well, yes: if a mouse hadn’t fallen in it, I wouldn’t be selling it!”

And one more:

Nicarchus on the Imperial Power of Farts

"A fart which cannot find an outlet kills many a man; a fart also saves, sending forth its lisping music. Therefore if a fart saves, and on the other hand kills, a fart has the same power as kings."

Ok, one more ancient joke:

A Pointy-Headed Intellectual

"A professor on a sea-voyage, when there was a big storm and his slaves were weeping, said: “Don’t cry. I’ve set you all free in my will.”

[Ribbit]

A good political joke to end with:

Cicero on Caesar

". . . greeted by a certain Andron from Laodicea, he asked what had brought him to Rome and, hearing that the man had come as an envoy to Caesar to beg freedom for his city, he made open reference to the servile state of Rome by saying, in Greek: “If you are successful, put in a word for us too.”

[PangurBan]

Originally Posted by Ribbit

A good political joke to end with:



Cicero on Caesar



". . . greeted by a certain Andron from Laodicea, he asked what had brought him to Rome and, hearing that the man had come as an envoy to Caesar to beg freedom for his city, he made open reference to the servile state of Rome by saying, in Greek: “If you are successful, put in a word for us too.”

I love it! Here's a transcript of a trial during the persecution of Diocletian.
JUDGE: Episcopus?
ACCUSED: Sum.
JUDGE: Eras.


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[Ribbit]

Originally Posted by PangurBan

I love it! Here's a transcript of a trial during the persecution of Diocletian.
JUDGE: Episcopus?
ACCUSED: Sum.
JUDGE: Eras.

[Canibul]

Comma, comma, down dooby doo down down.
(Neil Sedaka)

[GordMay]

Pagan: ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’
Missionary: ‘No, not if you did not know.’
Pagan: ‘Then why did you tell me?’

[D&D]

One day a father, on his way home from work suddenly remembers that it's his
daughter's birthday.

He pulls over to a Toy Shop and asks the sales
person,'How much for one of those Barbies in the display
window?

The salesperson answers, 'Which one do you mean,
Sir?
Wehave:
Work Out Barbie for $19.95
Shopping Barbie for $19.95
Beach Barbie for $19.95
Disco Barbie for $19.95
Astronaut Barbie for $19.95
Skater Barbie for $19.95 and
Divorced Barbie for $265.95'

The amazed father asks: 'It's what?
Why is the Divorced Barbie $265.95 and the others only $19.95?'
Annoyed, salesperson rolls her eyes, sighs, and answers:

'Sir..., Divorced Barbie comes with:
Ken's Truck, Ken's House, Ken's Fishing Boat, Ken's Furniture, Ken's Dog, Ken's Computer, one of Ken's Friends, and a key chain made from Ken's testicles.

[D&D]

A bit of British humour...

[Therapy]

I shot my first Thanksgiving Turkey this year.

Scared the crud out of the ladies in the frozen food department.

[GordMay]

Peter's Perfect People Palliative:
Each of us is a mixture of good qualities and some (perhaps) not-so-good qualities.
In considering our fellow people we should remember their good qualities and realize that their faults only prove that they are, after all, human.
We should refrain from making harsh judgments of people just because they happen to be dirty, rotten, stupid, no-good sons-of-bitches.

[socaldmax]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Peter's Perfect People Palliative:
Each of us is a mixture of good qualities and some (perhaps) not-so-good qualities.
In considering our fellow people we should remember their good qualities and realize that their faults only prove that they are, after all, human.
We should refrain from making harsh judgments of people just because they happen to be dirty, rotten, stupid, no-good sons-of-bitches.

Yes, and in keeping with the Christmas spirit, please refrain from harshly judging the following "Christmas Shoppers."