Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:41:01 -0500 (EST) To: Subscribers@jokes4u.com From: Jokeshelp@jokes4u.com Subject: Jokes4U Humor Ezine Monday November 30, 1998 An airplane takes off from the airport. The captain is Jewish and the first officer is Taiwan Chinese. It's the first time they've flown together and it's obvious by the silence that they don't get along. After thirty minutes, the Jewish Captain speaks, "I don't like Chinese." The First Officer replies, " Ooooh, no like Chinese? Why ees that?" The Captain says, "You bombed Pearl Harbor. That's why I don't like Chinese." The F.O. says, "Nooooo, noooo....... Chinese not bomb Pearl Harbah. That Japanese, not Chinese. And the Captain answers, "Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese.. it doesn't matter, they're all alike." Another thirty minutes of silence. Finally the F.O. says, "No like Jew." The Captain replies, "Why not? Why don't you like Jews?" F.O. says, "Jews sink Titanic." The Captain tries to correct him, "No, no. The Jews didn't sink the Titanic. It was an iceberg." The F.O. replies,"Iceberg, Goldberg, Rosenberg, no mattah.. all same." Dad - Son, come in here, we need to talk. Son - What's up, Dad? D - There's a scratch down the side of the car. Did you do it? S - I don't believe, if I understand the definition of "scratch the car" that I can say, truthfully, that I scratched the car. D - Well, it wasn't there yesterday, and you drove the car last night, and no one else has driven it since. How can you explain the scratch? S - Well, as I've said before, I have no recollection of scratching the car. While it is true that I did take the car out last night, I did not scratch it. D - But your sister has told me she saw you back the car against the mailbox at the end of the driveway, heard a loud scraping sound, saw you get out to examine the car and drive away. So again I'll ask you, yes or no, did you scratch the car? S - Oh, you mean you think you have evidence to prove I scratched it. Well, you see, I understood you to mean did "I" scratch the car. I stand by my earlier statement, that I did not scratch the car. D - Are you trying to tell me you didn't drive the car into the mailbox? S - Well, you see sir, I was trying to drive the car into the street. I mishandled the steering of the car, and it resulted in direct contact with the mailbox, though that was clearly not my intent. D - So you are then saying that you did hit the mailbox? S - No sir, that's not my statement. I'll refer you back to my original statement that I did not scratch the car. D - But the car did hit the mailbox, and the car did get scratched as a result of this contact? S - Well, yes, I suppose you could look at it that way. D - So you lied to me when you said you did not scratch the car? S - No. No, that's not correct. Your question was "Did I scratch the car?". From a strict legal definition, as I understood the meaning of that sentence, I did not scratch the car... the mailbox did... I was merely present when the scratching occurred. So my answer of "No" when you asked "Did I scratch the car" was legally correct, although I did not volunteer information. D - Where did you learn to be such a wise guy? S - From The President of the United States. A guy stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity; looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind direction and speed. Driving his partner nuts. Finally his exasperated partner says, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted ball!" The guy answers, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot." "Forget it, man-you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of hitting her from here!"