[Magdalen] Borst joke ever

[Grace Cangialosi]

LOL!!!

> On May 22, 2015, at 9:39 AM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Long ago, at a former place of employment, I saw written on a bathroom stall:
> 
> "My mother made me a homosexual!"
> 
> Under which, someone else wrote:
> 
> "If I gave her the yarn, would she make me one too?"
> 
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 12:26 AM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Borst joke ever
> 
> ​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
>