Ah aircondition and tel line are off BUT INTERNET WORKS!lets make use of it in the middle of the night... BTW wouldn't you agree,most of the Priest-Minister-Rabbi jokes in which the Rabbi provides the punchline are downright flattering: usually the Jew cleric is presented as being witty, shrewd, and full of common sense--and if he's a little less than selfless and contrite, it's because he knows you need to have "chutzpah" to do fend for yourself in a" gentile world". Anyone who seriously finds these anti-semitic(you made it clear Madame J, you didn't!) can't be too familiar with the kind of jokes and stories for example Ashkenazi Jews tell about themselves, which are often far less gracious. Watch a staple of Eastern Europeans humour in general to cast people as compromised, miserly and petty vis-à-vis the noble ideals they set out for themselves (e.g. The Good Soldier vejk, or Bohumil Hrabal's I served the King of England, or Ephraim Kishon, or a thousand and one other examples.) The bottom line is always that people are lovable in all their petty transgressions and misdeeds, who would (want to) think otherwise.
See Gordon and his" badkhn theory" at Jewish and non-Jewish venues. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=210637&R=R1 http://tinyurl.com/4w4sht2 "The badkhn was a staple in East European Jewish life for three centuries, mocking brides and grooms at their weddings.His humor was biting, even vicious. He would tell a bride she was ugly, make jokes about the groom's dead mother and round things off by belittling the guests for giving such worthless gifts. Much of the badkhn's humor was grotesque, even scatological." Curb Your Enthusiam - The Bat Mitzvah Larry David in a moment clearly descended from the "badkhn" tradition, takes the stage at a Bat Mitzvah as part of a botched effort at score-settling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqWlmqOJeME http://tinyurl.com/3roky28 Larry David acts Jewish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iENMor5V5o&NR=1 http://tinyurl.com/4xfczt7 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > Don't think either of you intended any anti-Semitic > slurs; I just pointed out that it's the rabbi who is > the butt of both jokes. Little consciousness-raising, > don'cha know? > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: > > > > Oh fair Judy-a! -- Nymph, in thy orisons > > Be all my sins remembered. > > Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, > > And thus the native hue of resolution > > Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought... > > > > good night- farwell.. > > To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub, .. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Jude, don't make be bad... > > > be a" friend "to the "authors" of these jokes...(not us [;)] ) > > > and this poster, too [:x] have mercy > > > alone fearing the creeping ghost of midnight and the coming stormy > > > daylight > > > 08.08=ba ba day=father's day-will be > > > and my kids are on the other side of this gobe > > > > > > look at these scary picture /symbols of bab ba: > > > > > > me holding on, not fearing the taiphoon-- not fleeing like the > > > other-being brave in order to "lighten you up" over there at FFLight > > > "...but know, thou noble youth, > > > The serpent that did sting thy Fathers life, > > > Now wears his crown...." > > > have mercy because my bottle of Tsingtao beer is only half empty > > > or half full... [:-?] > > > > > > Where is the Priest when you need one --- speak up > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Nice anti-Semitic jokes, Steve and Merudanda. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A Priest, Rabbi, and Baptist Minister were discussing their > > methods > > > of > > > > > dealing with the collection needed to operate their chuches or > > > > > synagogoue. The Priest said, "I take the collection each week, > > > draw a > > > > > circle on the ground, throw it up in the air and that which lands > > > inside > > > > > the circle I use for the service of God and the Church, and what > > > which > > > > > lands outside I use for my own needs". The Baptist Minister > > nodded > > > and > > > > > said it was a good method, and that he also drew a circle, and > > threw > > > the > > > > > collection in the air, and that part which landed outside the > > > circle > > > > > was used for the service of God and the Church, and that which > > > landed > > > > > inside was used for his own needs. The Rabbi, nodded, > > acknowledging > > > the > > > > > validity of these methods and said he throws the collection up in > > > the > > > > > air, and said what God needs he can keep and that which falls on > > the > > > > > ground he uses for his own needs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ...were seated next to one another in the first class section of > > > an > > > > > > airplane. The stewardess approached them and asked what they > > > wanted to > > > > > > drink. "I'll have a martini," said the rabbi. "How about you, > > > sir?" > > > > > the > > > > > > stewardess asked the Baptist Minister. "You should ask me, a man > > > of > > > > > > God, that my lips should touch alcohol? Why, I'd sooner commit > > > > > adultry!" > > > > > > The minister said indignantly. > > > > > > The Rabbi waved at stewardess, "Hold the martini! I didn't know > > we > > > had > > > > > a > > > > > > choice ..." > > > > > > What the Priest said--- I forgot....you may "fill in" what you > > > have > > > > > [:D] > > > > > > [:x] > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" > > steve.sundur@ > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, I'll just give you the start, and you can fill in the > > > rest. "A > > > > > > > Priest and a Rabbi, and a Baptist Minister were............. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM, seventhray1 steve.sundur@: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tommy Pall don't need no stinkin joke. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's Swami Tommy. And indeed I don't need no stinkin joke. > > A > > > > > good > > > > > > > one > > > > > > > > now and then are appreciated. If anyone can help me find it, > > > I'm > > > > > > > looking > > > > > > > > for the writeup about how God has a sense of humor (no, not > > > just > > > > > > > because he > > > > > > > > created Alex or because there are WalMart customers). This > > > piece > > > > > > goes > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > to say that God not only loves those who take a joke but > > leave > > > one > > > > > > as > > > > > > > well. > > > > > > > > Looked and looked, it seems to have fallen off the face of > > the > > > > > > earth. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
