[Magdalen] Borst joke ever

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

​When I was in the Army, they were trying to recruit guys for police work.

There was a poster that read

YOU CAN TAKE THE CITY OF NEW YORK
POLICE OFFICE EXAM ...

and it gave details for how to sign up for the exam.

Someone had taken a felt-tip pen and altered it

YOU CAN TAKE THE CITY OF NEW YORK
[AND STUFF IT]
​

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 22, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Someone had spray-painted on every overpass for a long stretch of a Detroit
> freeway a plea on behalf of a political prisoner:
>
> FREE RODRIGUEZ
>
> On the last of the overpasses, someone added
>
> ...WITH ANY PURCHASE
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:17 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>