[Magdalen] Borst joke ever

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

In the Daily News insert, there is a page that has tiny blurbs, state by
state.

One, from Pennsylvania, states that at a restaurant in Philadelphia, more
than a hundred patrons became sick.  They were lawyers, their assistants,
and law students.

That is serious, and I sincerely hope nobody is seriously injured.  BUT --
my wife and I both thought it just sounds like a set-up for a joke --

...  and that restaurant is probably doomed, doomed, doomed....

As I say, it's actually not funny, BUT ....

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 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
>>
>>
>