[Magdalen] Borst joke ever

Fri May 22 18:39:37 UTC 2015

sorta like the news release that a single-engine plane had crashed in a
cemetery, while on approach to an airport near Warsaw.

And at last count, rescuers had recovered more than three hundred bodies....

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 2:37 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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