"Enjoy..." Topic

The world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make is taking a stroll down his local high street.

As he passes by the record shop, a sign catches his eye: "Just Released – New LP -Wasps of the World & the sounds that they make available now!"

Unable to resist the temptation, the man goes into the shop.

"I am the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make. I'd very much like to listen to the new LP you have advertised in the window."

"Certainly, Sir," says the young man behind the counter. "If you'd like to step into the booth and put on the headphones, I'll put the LP on for you."

The world expert on European wasps goes into the booth and puts on the earphones. Ten minutes later, he comes out of the booth and announces,

"I am the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I recognised none of those."

"I'm sorry Sir", says the young assistant. "If you'd care to step into the booth, I can let you have another 10 minutes."

The world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make steps back into the booth and replaces the headphones.

Ten minutes later, he comes out of the booth shaking his head. "I don't understand it", he says, "I am the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make, and yet I still can't recognise any of those!"

"I'm terribly sorry, Sir" says the young man, "perhaps if you'd like to step into the booth again, you could have 5 more minutes."

Sighing, the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make steps back into the booth. Five minutes later, he comes out again, clearly agitated. "I am the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I have recognised none of the wasps on this LP."

"I really am terribly sorry", says the young assistant………………….

"I've just realised I was playing you the bee side."
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Sorry.

Steve P

Now we have to establish an over-under for the age of people who get the joke.

I set the line at 32.

You just might bee right there.

well, it did have a bit of sting to it…

(I agree that only old fogies will get it.)

Shall we have a contest on the longest jokes with the least satisfying punchlines? :)

Here's my favorite from the latest RD, on the world's favorite (not necessarily best) jokes, by nation: I rate Mexico's as the best by a good margin, on several levels: it's about RL (a bunch of the other jokes are about RL conditions in their countries, ergo funny but not funny at the same time), it's about human nature (not just slapstick or nonsensical as jokes often are), the Mexicans have possibly the best sense of humor on the planet: Here goes:

A young chief of an Indian tribe has just assumed his duties upon the death of the old chief. Not having learned the ancestral ways very well, the new chief doesn't know how to respond to his people when they enquire about how bad the approaching winter will be. He tells them to gather fire wood.

Being uncertain whether he has done enough to prepare his people, he calls the national weather service and asks, "How is the coming winter shaping up?"

"Prepare yourself for a rather severe winter," the weatherman says.

The young chief returns to his people and says, "Gather more fire wood."

He is still uncertain in his mind, and asks the weather service again, "Are you sure that this winter is going to be quite bad?"

"Yes sir, we are, it is going to be a very serious winter."

Returning again, the chief tells his people, "Make sure you gather enough fire wood."

To be really prepared, he asks the weather service one more time, just to be sure, "Are you really convinced that this winter is going to be really, really bad?"

"Absolutely," the weather man declares.

"How do you know?"

"Because the Indians are gathering fire wood like crazy."

NOw that! was a honey of a joke.

The Buzz on the street is, that's a bad joke.

Mike

Which, the OP one or the Mexican one?

The Mexican joke is PART of The Perfect Joke: anything which partakes of The Perfect Joke (which is cosmic) is going to be funny to anyone, because it talks to the human condition.

In this case the jab is at all of us who cite our sources, which we have "faith" know more about something that we do: only to discover (as the young chief did) that our source is bogus (his source was himself =D )….

I'm going to tell it to my daughters tonight, then laugh at them and tell them to look it up!

Ha!

D~

Doug,

Evenings in the pub with you must be a riot if you have to explain the provenance and nature of the joke prior to telling it, then explain to people after why they should find it funny.

;-)

Steve P

Yep, that's the way I YAM: must examine everything. My parents were very dissapointed when I did not become a lawyer or surgeon….