Q: How many people belonging to a certain ethnic group does it take to perform a particular menial activity?
A: A finite positive integer. One to perform the activity, and the rest to behave in a manner stereotypical of their ethnic group.
This traveling salesman had a blowout late at night and found he had no spare. Spotting a farmhouse in the darkness he went to the door and knocked. An old farmer came to the door and heard the salesman’s story and when the salesman asked if he could stay the night, the farmer said, “Yes, but you’ll have to sleep with my son.”
A bartender regularly entertained his patrons by bringing out a little man about one foot tall, who played a tiny piano on top of the bar. He took requests, sang, and played beautifully, much to the patrons’ delight. When asked, the bartender would tell the story of how a genie came to him and told him he would grant any one wish. The bartender asked the genie for a twelve-inch piano player.
Q: What’s the difference between an elephant and your mother?
A: They’re of entirely different species.
(Man, I love this joke. The correct answer is “About three pounds,” in case you don’t know.)
Q: What do you call a person who looks through your windows when you’re in the capital of China?
A: A Beijing Tom.