[Magdalen] Borst joke ever

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Saw a huge sign:

F O R . L E A S E
901-555-1212

But the number has been written over in spray paint, so the sign actually
reads

F O R . L E A S E
[N A V I D A D]


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 5:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> One individual named Jen Kirkman says the joke that changed his life was
>
> --
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> When I was about 10, I saw a Gallagher special and he said, "What's the
> opposite of pro-gress?  Con-gress."  He seemed a very smart man.
>
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> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 6:00 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> New York Magazine has a brief article, "The Joke that Changed my Life"
>>
>> And it leads off with a joke of a very obscure type.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, the teller cannot remember the joke -- only the
>> punch line.
>>
>> It reminded me of a joke that was running around when I was in either
>> middle school or junior high school, depending on how you refer to those
>> years.
>>
>> One person would tell a story about a group of penguins.  It could be
>> long, which, for this age group, meant that it went on for more than one
>> sentence, and had more than five words, but I digress.
>>
>> At the end, the teller would say, "And then the other penguin shouted,
>> 'Look! There's a radio!"
>>
>> The entire group then burst into laughter -- except for one guy who was
>> not in on the joke.  He was the only one who did not realize that the joke
>> was utterly pointless.  I was on both sides of the joke.
>>
>> Finally the group let him in on the fact that the joke had no meaning,
>> and then he joined the rest in inflicting it upon some other luck-less
>> seventh-grader.
>>
>> It's a wonder we survived.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
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