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Moishe walks into a post office to send a package to
his wife.
The postmaster says, "This package is too heavy,
you'll need another stamp."
Moishe replies, "And that should make it lighter?"
Two bees buzz around what's left of a rose bush. "How was your
summer?" Bee #1 asks.
"Not too good," says Bee #2. "Lotta rain, lotta cold. Not enough
flowers, not enough pollen."
The first bee has an idea. "Hey, why don't you go down to the
corner and hang a left? There's a bar mitzvah going on. Plenty
of flowers and fruit."
Bee #2 buzzes, "Thanks!" and takes off.
An hour later, the bees bump into each other again. "How was
the bar mitzvah?" asks Bee #1.
"Great!" says Bee #2.
The first bee peers at his pal and wonders, "What's that on your
head?"
"A yarmulke," is the answer. "I didn't want them to think I was
a wasp."
Did you know that the biggest sellers in the
bookstores are cookbooks.
The second biggest seller is diet books about how not
to eat what you've just learned how to cook.
Morris thought he was dead, when in reality he was very much alive. His
delusion became such a problem that his family finally paid for him to
see a psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist spent many laborious sessions trying to convince the
man he was still alive. Nothing seemed to work. Finally the doctor
tried one last approach. He took out his medical books and proceeded to
show the patient that dead men don't bleed. After hours of tedious
study, Morris seemed convinced that dead men don't bleed.
"Do you now agree that dead men don't bleed?" the doctor asked.
"Yes, I do," replied Morris.
"Very well, then," the doctor said. He took out a pin and pricked
Morris' finger. Out came a trickle of blood. The doctor asked, "What
does that tell you?"
"Oh my goodness!" Morris exclaimed, as he stared incredulously at his
finger... "Dead men DO bleed!!"
Did you see the recent story in the Jewish Chronicle about the theft of
egg-enriched dough from a north London warehouse?
Unfortunately, the theft happened just before Shabbos and it forced many
local bakeries to bake their challas with plain, white flour.
A leading
rabbi was quoted as saying, "I'm appalled by the rise in white challa
crimes!"
Morris meets Irving on the street.
"Morris, did you hear about Sam Grossman"?
"You mean Sam Grossman with the double hernia?"
"That's the one."
"Sam Grossman with the liver condition and the bad
leg?"
"Yep, thats him."
"Sam Grossman with the yellow skin, and his head
always bobbing up and down?"
"Yes him."
"No I didn't hear about Sam Grossman. What happened
to him?"
"He died!"
"Oy vey! And he was such a healthy man!"
My Mother is a typical Jewish mother Once she was on
jury duty. They sent
her home.
She insisted SHE was guilty.
A man walks into synogogue with a dog. The shammas comes up to him and says, "Pardon me,
this is a House of Worship, you can't bring your dog in here."
"What do you mean," says the man, "this is a religious Jewish dog.... Look."
And the shammas looks carefully and sees that in the same way that a St. Bernard carries a brandy barrel round its neck this dog has a tallis around its neck.
"Morris," says the man to the dog, "daven (pray) !".
"Woof!" says the dog, stands on his hind legs, opens the tallis bag, takes out a kippa and puts it on his head.
"Woof!" says the dog, stands on his hind legs, opens the tallis bag, takes out a siddur and starts to daven
in perfect Hebrew.
"That's fantastic," says the shammas, "absolutely amazing, incredible! You should take him to Hollywood,
get him on television, or get him into a Yeshiva and your dog Morris could become a Rabbi !!"
"You speak to him," says the man, "he wants to be a lawyer."
MOM TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE
MOM TAUGHT ME RELIGION
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT TIME TRAVEL
MOM TAUGHT ME LOGIC
MOM TAUGHT ME FORESIGHT
MOM TAUGHT ME IRONY
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF OSMOSIS
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT CONTORTIONISM
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT STAMINA
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT WEATHER
MOM TAUGHT ME HOW TO SOLVE PHYSICS PROBLEMS
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT HYPOCRISY
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT ENVY
And most of all.....
In a Bangkok temple: "IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN."
Cocktail lounge, Norway: "LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR."
At a Budapest zoo: "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY."
Doctors office, Rome: "SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Hotel, Acapulco: "THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED HERE."
Dry cleaners, Bangkok: "DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
In a Nairobi restaurant: "CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER."
On the grounds of a private school: "NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION."
On an Athi River highway: "TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE."
On a poster at Kencom: "ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP."
In a City restaurant: "OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
One of the Mathare buildings: "MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION CENTRE."
A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer: "DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS."
In a Pumwani maternity ward: "NO CHILDREN ALLOWED."
In a cemetery: "PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES."
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations: "GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVI OURS IN BED."
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: "OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR."
In a Tokyo bar: "SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS."
Hotel brochure, Italy: "THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE."
Hotel lobby, Bucharest: "THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE."
Hotel, Yugoslavia: "THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID."
Hotel, Japan: "YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID."
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: "YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY."
Taken from a menu, Poland: "SALAD A FIRM'S OWN MAKE; LIMPID RED BEET SOUP WITH CHEESY DUMPLINGS IN THE FORM OF A FINGER; ROASTED DUCK LET LOOSE; BEEF RASHERS BEATEN IN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE'S FASHION."
Supermarket, Hong Kong: "FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS, EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE."
From the "Soviet Weekly": "THERE WILL BE A MOSCOW EXHIBITION OF ARTS BY 15,000 SOVIET REPUBLIC PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS. THESE WERE EXECUTED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS."
In an East African newspaper: "A NEW SWIMMING POOL IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BULK OF THEIR WORKERS."
Hotel, Vienna: "IN CASE OF FIRE , DO YOUR UTMOST TO ALARM THE HOTEL PORTER."
A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest: "IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE."
Hotel, Zurich: BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE."
An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: "TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS."
Tourist agency, Czechoslovakia: "TAKE ONE OF OUR HORSE-DRIVEN CITY TOURS. WE GUARANTEE NO MISCARRIAGES."
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?"
In the window on a Swedish furrier: "FUR COATS MADE FOR LADIES FROM THEIR OWN SKIN."
The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: "GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE."
In a Swiss mountain inn: "SPECIAL TODAY -- NO ICE-CREAM."
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen: "WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS."
On the door of a Moscow hotel room: "IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR, YOU ARE WELCOME TO IT."
A laundry in Rome: "LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME."
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