Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

Discussion in 'Hangar Talk' started by Let'sgoflying!, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. Jim K

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    What's one of the main crops of the post-civil war southern USA? When it is mature, how is it harvested (picked), and by whom?

    Hint: Here's what it looked like when that bicycle was made...

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    Not EVERYTHING is racist.
     
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    Very true.

    FYI - Your grandmother-in-law picked cotton as a girl.
     
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    Only 20% owned slaves. A lot of cotton was picked by non-slaves and white folks.
     
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    I've always wanted to put this book on my shelf...
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    I always liked this version:

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    Baseball Spring Season is here!!…….Sooo……..

    What do you do with an Elephant with Three Balls!?

    Walk him….. and pitch to the giraffe.:)
     
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    How do you Circumcise a Whale?……

    Foreskin divers, 4 skindivers?

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    Someone mentioned an elephant?

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    And I thought MY job sucked…
     
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    I hope he’s got a good flashlight…or not.
     
  11. Matthew

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    “Hey, it’s dark in here. I better light a match!”
     
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    I heard a guy behind a tent at the large county fair one year complaining about having to wash the elephant, walk the elephant, feed the elephant, and clean up behind the elephant. I remarked to him that if he was so unhappy with his job he should just quit. He quickly retorted to me, "What? ... and give up show business?"
     
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    The frustration of a broken sim.
     
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    What a day! The boss was all up in my....
     
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    How many slaves did that 20% own? Even if each of them only owned one slave that picked cotton, 20% of the population picked cotton as slaves. Consider that people consider Nazis racist, and the population of Jews was less than 2% of the total European population, how much more so would be the exploitation of 20% of the population? That's why some of the population now doesn't care for the term "cotton picker".

    https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/pre-war-overview

    Just to keep things in context, here is the question which prompted my reply:
    I'm well aware that sometimes, "a cigar is just a cigar" and I wasn't challenging the name of the bicycle.
     
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    Someone pinch me. I thought this was a joke thread...
     
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    That’s funny.
     
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    Never thought I'd say IBTL on the joke thread...
     
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    I'll try this again. :cool: It's the joke thread, y'all!
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    And the question that prompted my reply was: "how is it harvested (picked), and by whom?"
     
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    I didn't want to bring these out, but here goes:

    How many business majors does it take to change a light bulb?

    Just one, but he gets 3 credit hours for it.

    How many marines does it take to change a light bulb?

    100. One to hold the bulb, 99 to spin the house around.

    How many counselors does it take to change a light bulb?

    Just one, but the bulb has to want to change.

    How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?

    Just two, but they have to be really small.
     
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    Actually, I believe the actual quote was:
    Tense makes a difference.
     
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    Tense made a difference?
     
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    Well, usually that happens when I'm lounging and I have to go chase a cat or get something out of its mouth or save the pot of catnip from inquisitive noses. I suppose it would also happen if @2-Bit Speed knew I was about to pinch him and so I'd have to chase him to do so...but I haven't tried that yet, so I'm not sure. :D
     
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    Should this go in "Maintenance Bay"?

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    An English teacher was reviewing future, past, and present tenses with their English class.
    She posed this question: “‘I am beautiful’ is what tense?”
    One student raised their hand and replied “Past tense.”
     
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    Well... Since I have the shirt...
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    The funniest thing I might have ever seen on a car: driving north from Denver on I-25 towards Ft Collins a small SUV passed me. It was coated like this image. On the back someone had drawn a bunch of those petroglyph-style images complete with handprints.
     
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    Are those like cave drawings?
     
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    Exactly.
     
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    Those have always struck me as having a uniquely beautiful style.