Mazel Tov! … No, Wait
Where do jokes come from? In most cases from the tiny circle of (six) liberal intellectuals trying to keep their spirits up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from which venue our friend Dr. Steve sends us the latest:
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A born loser with a history of always having things go wrong drops a slice of bread, and it lands on the floor with the jelly side up. Shocked by his good fortune, he goes to his wise old rabbi wondering why suddenly something went well. Says the rabbi,
“You put the jelly on the wrong side of the bread.”
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“… and if he had put the jelly on the right side of the bread? It would have ruined the carpet - not to mention the bread! And then he would have had to get cleaning solution, which, God forbid, the children might have swallowed and gotten sick and had to go to the emergency room only to discover that the health care insurance had lapsed so they couldn’t be treated and they would plotz, right there on the hospital floor and die and nobody could do anything for them. Oy vey! And that’s what comes of dropping bread on the floor even though this time at least, it didn’t happen, but that’s no reason to feel safe because you never know what awful things could occur from even the most innocent and harmless act which is why you should never stick you arm out the window of a moving car because a truck could come to close to you and you’d lose your arm at the elbow and then you’d be sorry!”
Or at least so said my grandmother.
Comment by Steve Alber — September 4, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
Gadzooks! Who knew so much was riding on a dollop of marmalade? Well, your grandmother knew, of course, but you left out her most important injunction concerning the unforeseen calamities of everyday life — ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN UNDERWEAR!
Comment by Al — September 4, 2010 @ 5:39 pm