Digest for Sunday, September 05, 1993

Topics of the day:

1. Newfie Joke
2. Nasruddin
3. Chinese joke: Two Drunkards
4. Chinese joke: Manliness

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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1993 08:20:35 EDT
From:         Bert Headrick <ACAD1159@SLCSL.STLAWRENCEC.ON.CA>
Subject:      Newfie Joke

Subject: Newfie Joke
For Theresa Muir who requested Canadian/Newfie humour:

Back in the days when trains ran in Newfoundland, apassenger was
travelling from Corner Brook to St. John'n when, all of a sudden,
there was a tremendous thump and bang followed by a really rough
ride for a few seconds.  This was followed by another thump, bang
and the ride became smooth again.  Just then, the conductor was
passing through the car, so the passenger asked, "What happened
back there?"  The conductor replied, "Oh, we just ran over a
mainlander."  The passenger asked, "What, was he lying on the
track?"  The conductor replied, "Oh no, he was out in the field
but we got him!"

Regards,
BERT HEADRICK, ST LAWRENCE COLLEGE, BROCKVILLE CAMPUS
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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1993 18:33:26 -0500
From:         Ali Mohajer <ACC_ALI@EXODUS.VALPO.EDU>
Subject:      Nasruddin

I was tickled to see the good Mulla Nasruddin debut on tis list a few days ago.
These are stories I learned at my father's knee, so to speak, and while they
seemed funny in a silly sort of way to me as a child, it takes a mature
perspective to really appreciate the humor of these tales. Here are a few from
memory:


Nasruddin felt that his donkey was eating too much for the amount of work it
did, so he started to gradually "accustom" the beast to less food. After a few
weeks people at the bazaar began to notice that the Mulla's poor donkey was
looking quite gaunt and unwell, until one day Nasruddin arrived at the market
shouldering his burden himself. A friend inquired of his donkey's health, at
which the Mulla sadly shook his head and said: "Alas, the poor beast has died,
and just when he had gotten used to eating nothing at all!"

Okay, here's a less tragic one:

Nasruddin and his cronies were reminiscing about squandered youth and the
enfeeblement of age when the Mulla exclaimed that he was just as strong now as
when he was a strapping lad of twenty. When asked to explain this remarkable
statement, he pointed to a large rock in the corner of his field and said: "I
couldn't move it when I was young, and I still can't move it today!"

And finally:

Nasruddin always had a difficult relationship with his beasts of burden. One
day, after trying several times to mount his donkey, he finally makes it onto
the saddle only to find he is looking at the tail end of the animal. A passerby
laughs and tells the Mulla he is facing the wrong way, to which the Mulla says:
"How do you know which way I want to go?"

More to come on later posts,

Ali Mohajer

acc_ali@exodus.valpo.edu
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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1993 21:50:11 CDT
From:         Zedai Zheng <ZHENGZ@SYSA.C-ENGR1.SIU.EDU>
Subject:      Chinese joke: Two Drunkards

One night, two drunkards were on their way home from a bar. Each one
denied that he was drunk.

"You are not drunk?" one asked, then he turned on the flashlight on
his hand and a beam of light was projected up to the night sky,
"Dare you climb up along this light-pillar?"

Another answered: "Do you think I am drunk? No, don't make a fool of
me. I know your dirty trick clearly. When I climb up on the half way,
you turn off the light, so I drop down!"

-- ZZD -- SIUC --
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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1993 21:52:05 CDT
From:         Zedai Zheng <ZHENGZ@SYSA.C-ENGR1.SIU.EDU>
Subject:      Chinese joke: Manliness

Chinese joke: Manliness

A crowd of husbands have a meeting discussing how to give rid of
the control of their wives. In order to check how many of them
are afraid of their wives, one participant suggests: "Those who
dread their wives please stand on the other side." All the men
come over to the side except one who stand unmoved. All the guys
express their admirations for his manliness and ask him to talk
some experience. He says: "My wife told me not stand in the place
where many people stand together."

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