Hey! I Can See Your House From Up Here!

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Bumba are you burly? Cause if you’re not, I’ll quit trying to sneak in your lap. :D[/QUOTE]

Somebody told me I was burly once. Or was that bulky? I don’t remember. :confused:

There was once a nice Jewish boy named Benny. He wasn’t a doctor or a lawyer, so he wasn’t married. So he decided to take a vacation to the holy land, and, as he was out walking in the desert sands one day admiring the view, he stumbled over something mostly buried in the sand. It was an ancient urn of peculiar design. Benny picked it up and brushed the sand and dirt off of it and as he did, a huge cloud of smoke poured from the top of the urn and a voice said: ”Oy! What now?” And there stood a little Jewish man dressed all in black, with a long flowing white beard.
”Who are you? Benny said. Were you inside this urn? Are you a genie?”
“Well, I ain’t your uncle Mort”,
the genie barked. ”Sure I’m a genie, waddya want?”
“I thought genies lived in lamps?”
“They were all out, what are your wishes? It’s hot out here.”
“Do I get three wishes?!”

  • sigh * Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s the usual contract, but with a catch.”
    “A catch?! “
    “Yeah, a catch, what, is there an echo in here?”
    I don’t remember there being a catch when someone frees a genie?”
    “That’s for Arabian genies, I’m a Jewish genie, so there’s a catch.”
    “A catch?”
    “Again with the echo, already. Listen up bubbula, the catch is that you get your standard three wishes on the condition that from here on out, you dress all in black and never, ever shave your beard.”
    “Like you?”
    “Yeah, like me.”
    “Or what?”
    Or you have to live in the urn until some schmuck comes along and lets you out, like you just did me.”
    Oh, and you have to keep the urn with you at all times, just in case. And you can’t tell anybody about this, ever.”

Well, Benny thought that wouldn’t be too hard to abide by, so he took the deal.

Many years later, as Benny was living the life of luxury, with his big house, his big car, and his trophy wife with her big…. umm… jewelry, his trophy wife started to get a little cranky about Benny’s looks. She didn’t like that he only wore black, a man in his position should show a little sparkle you know. And that beard, It was almost down to his waist, and he wouldn’t shave it, he wouldn’t even talk about it. It was just too much. She begged and pleaded and whined, but no dice. Benny wouldn’t budge. She would have denied him sexual favors, but she’d cut him off already for not giving her a big enough diamond on their anniversary, so that was no good. Besides, he was used to that. Finally, she devised a plan. One afternoon, while Benny was taking his nap, she had the pool boy sneak in, as he was used to doing, but this time she had him give Benny a shave. But as Eduardo finished the last stroke, Benny woke up with a start, and, with a horrible howl, he turned into a large cloud of smoke, and poured into the nasty old urn he always kept on the bedside table.
The trophy wife and Eduardo heard a tiny voice crying out from inside the urn, *”Rib the urn! Rub the urn!” * but they’d heard of magic lamps before and had an idea what was up, and besides they already had everything they could possibly want. They didn’t need three wishes.
So in the urn Benny was, and in the urn Benny was gonna stay!

And the moral of this story is:

A Benny shaved is a Benny urned.

BWAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

That was good Bumba!

BTW, burly, bulky, it’s all the same to me. :smiley:

So the little fishy was swimming around and swam right into a wall. Dam, he said, rubbing his noggin.

Subtle, ain’t it?

BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

Why do y’all continue to torture my juvenile sense of humor? Rue should be saving some of these up for Soupo and Katcha. I mean some of it is little boy comedic gold.

Woo-hoo! I have boxes so we can start to pack! Who wants to help? It’s fun!
silence, then crickets chirping
Fine. Miss out all the fun.
A friend just got back from Paris, and she bought me a rosary from Notre Dame and four large chocolate bars, in dark and milk chocolate. Also horror stories about how expensive France is. I am thoroughly enjoying the chocolate. Unfortunately the rosary isn’t edible. Hmm. There may be a marketing ploy in that. Chocolate prayer beads. There are at least three religions that use prayer beads. Hmm.

Somehow I think the Good Father would frown upon "Hail Mary Full Of… mmmm…chocolate… chomp

What do Eskimos get from sitting on the ice too long?
Polaroids.


Where do snowmen and snow women keep their money?
In snow banks.


Why was the snowman wearing formal attire?
He was going to the Snow Ball.


In honor of my honorable profession, a scattering of lawyer jokes:
How can a pregnant woman tell that she’s carrying a future lawyer?

She has an uncontrollable craving for baloney.


How does an attorney sleep?

First he lies on one side, and then he lies on the other.


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

Depends. How many can you afford?


If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning, and you could save only one of them, would you go to lunch or read the paper?

Wouldn’t chocolate prayer beads melt while you used them? They need a protective covering. I’m visualizing a M&M rosary–in different colors to correspond to the liturgical seasons (I’m only remembering green for Advent and purple for ?, but I know each season has a color), and a peanut M&M to designate the Our Father beads between the Hail Mary beads. Once you have completed the prayer associated with that bead, you get to eat it. (This may cause a dilemma during Lent, a time when Catholics say a lot of rosaries and often give up candy.) I see a new sin to confess each week:

*“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.”

“What is it, my child?”

“Well, I told a lie, I hit my sister and I ate two rosaries before I said the prayers.”*

I wonder what kind of penance you would get for that?

Since you are truly sorry, say three Hail Marys and two Our Fathers, but don’t eat any of the beads."

There are actually only two lawyer jokes you know.

The rest are all true stories.
My favorite: What do you have if you have three lawyers up to their necks in concrete?

A concrete shortage. ba-da-bing!

I have five, count them, five grandchildren. I’ve heard every dumb joke there is.

What’s black and hides in trees and is very, very dangerous?

A crow with a machine gun.
What’s green and bumpy and swims in the ocean?

Moby Pickle.

Lissla, if you want people to come help you pack, you don’t start your sentence with: “I have boxes so we can start to pack” You start your sentence with “I have chocolate…”
Just a friendly suggestion.
Incidentally, if you have any of those chocolate bars left, you’re next on my lap. :smiley:

BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

Kalley and Bumba you both slay me! Lawyer jokes. HAH!

What’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?

One’s a scum sucking bottom feeder and the other is a fish.

BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

HAH! I’m beginning to slay myself.

-swampbear (I’ve had enough beer. going beddy bye now. niters all)

What did Charles de Gaulle say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill?
Je vois les éléphants venir au-dessus de la colline.


What did the elephants say when they saw Charles de Gaulle?
Nothing, these elephants didn’t speak French.

What’s green and red and goes 90 miles an hour?
A frog inna blender.
What’s green and loud and very dangerous?
A stampeding herd of pickles.
What’s purple and conquered the world?
Alexander the Grape.

Frank was having a slight mid-life crisis, so he decided to go hunting. He wanted to hunt something big and dangerous, so he decided to hunt polar bears. He flew off to Alaska and got himself an Eskimo hunting guide. The Eskimo taught Frank the traditional Eskimo way to hunt for polar bears. First the Eskimo had Frank knock a big hole in the ice. Then he gave Frank a can of green peas. He had Frank put a ring of peas around the hole he just knocked in the ice. Frank had no idea how this was gonna bag him a polar bear. So he asked the Eskimo:
“How’s this gonna help me catch a polar bear?”
“The polar bear won’t be able to climb out of the hole you just knocked in the ice. Then we’ve got him!”
“OK, but what’s with the can of peas?”
“Oh, polar bears love canned peas. That’s why we put a ring of them around the hole. When a polar bear is eating canned peas he won’t be thinking of anything else. So that’s when we catch him.”
“You mean…”
“Yes. When the polar bear comes to take a pea, you kick him in the ice hole.”

Wow. Two elephant jokes I’ve never heard before – a true MMP moment.

Had dinner with a friend last night, and stopped by the Large Chain Garden Center on my way home to see if they had any snapdragons – they didn’t. I got two pepper plants and a tomato plant, and, in honor of … something … a catnip plant. It’s sitting in a hanging birdfeeder right now, well out of kitty range (unless he climbs the back wall and does a flying leap … hmmm… ), until I repot it and figure out a sunny spot to hang it in. I did pinch off a couple of leaves for Elvis, which was enough to keep him amused (and, frankly, a little turned on) for the time it took me to find my keys and open the back door. Then it was dinner time. For him. I’d already had dinner. Weren’t you paying attention?

A stampeding herd of pickles.

BWAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAA!!!

Rue that last one really appeals to my inner 10 year old boy. <snerk>

What’s black and white and green and white and black and smells awful?

Two skunks fighting over a pickle.

What’s blackandwhiteandblackandwhiteandblackandwhiteandblackandwhite?

A nun falling down stairs.

What’s blackandwhiteandblackandblue all over?

Same nun, the day after she fell down stairs.

I just loves joke week!

Candy coating the beads is a good idea. Now I’ve just got to find someone dumb enough to market them.

Right.

I have chocolate! Anyone want to help pack?

We packed about half our books yesterday. The cats thought that was thrilling- they have a peculiar affinity for carboard and packing tape. Nevertheless they flatly refused to help. Aerin is sitting and staring at an empty bookcase, looking confused. “I don’t remember what goes there! I have the memory span of a goldfish!”.
Sigh.

How do you know the sea is friendly?

Because it waves!

I’ll come help you if you come help me. Of course, we don’t live anywhere close to each other, but what’s a few miles and a border between friends?

Now this made me laugh! :smiley:

My favorite elephant jokes:

Why’d the elephant walk on stilts?
So he could look down ants’ blouses.

Wh’d the elephant have wrinkled knees?
Because he tied his sneakers too tight.

Why’d the elephant have three white sneakers and one yellow sneaker?
Because he forgot to lift his leg.

Why’d the elephant paint his toenails red?
So he could hide in a bag of M&Ms.

Which is a nice segue to the chocolate rosary, don’tcha think? Good thing they didn’t have those when I was a kid. :smiley:

Lissla the cats, while no help packing, are surely to be mama’s little helpers when you unpack at the new place. “Oh Look! Stuff on the floor! Let’s help mama by batting it around all over the place.”

I think the candy coated chocolate rosary beads may be more of a seasonal thing. Perhaps M & M Mars might be interested. I foresee them as big sellers during Christmas and Easter, though Lent might not be a good time being as candy is a big “give up” item for Lent. Easter through Pentecost would be a big season. There could be pastel colored rosary beads for the Easter Season, Red and White for Pentecost and Red and Green for Easter. Other seasons of the Liturgical Year they could be multi-colored like regular M&Ms. Well, if there’s any call for Lenten candy Rosary Beads they could be Purple.

Oh and…
BWAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAA!!!

What makes your hair dance?

A Headband!

Wintermute glad you enjoyed it. I like to live right on the edge of blasphemy. :smiley:

Tupug

** BWAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!!!**

I love elephant jokes.

Because he forgot to lift his leg. <snerk>

A magician was walking down the street and he turned into a pizza parlor.

This guy walked into a bar. The next guy ducked.

This duck walked into a dimestore and wanted to buy a tube of Chapstick. “How are you gonna pay for that?” asked the storeclerk.
“Oh, I’ll just put it on my bill,” said the duck.

Why do ducks have flat feet?
To stomp out forest fires.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
To stomp out flaming ducks.

Two guys walked into a bar. Ouch, ouch.

That’s one of Driving Husband’s Dad’s favourite jokes.

I definitely think there’s a market for chocolate rosaries. The liturgical colours/seasonal colours bit is a good idea. If the string were candy, too, that would be good. I’m thinking those really thin liquorice string things they had when I was a kid. I don’t know how good they are for not getting sticky, though.
Wait till the cats meet bubble wrap! My Mum suggested boxing the cats up and leaving them in the closet for the next three weeks. This plays nicely into my "if we don’t feed them we don’t have to clean the litterbox’ idea.