Is this acceptable?? Mover over, mr q; a joke which isn't a joke.

That was from a book called A Horse Walked into a bar, by David Grossman, about a stand-up Israeli comic. It’s very funny, but serious with it.

Here’s another one, in my own words coz it’s remembered.

A Frenchman, an Italian and a Jew were sitting in a bar, and their talk turned to the subject of making love.

The Frenchman said – when I make love to Anne-Michelle, I use garlic butter to smear her body, from head to toes. She  loves the smell and the smooth way in which my hands move over her, and when i finish I leave her gasping for breath for 5 minutes.

The Italian said – when i ravish my Maria, I use a special olive oil whihc they make in our village in Sicily. It has strong aphrodisiac powers, and I cover her with it from head to toes, slowly. By the time I have finished, she is crying and out with pleasure for 10 minutes.

The jew said – when i start to go at Golda, I use tones of schmaltz [yiddish for sentimentalism, my little baby, I love you more than all the stars, you are so beautiful etc]. I bury her in it, layer after layer and when i finish she is screaming for two hours.

The two others look at each other with incredulity on their faces. Two hours?? How can that be, they ask?? You must be making it up.

No, replied the Jew. It’s true. When I finish, I wipe my hands on the new bedroom curtains.

oh well, I thought it was funny. Grossman used the word jew because that’s what he is, he’ has his own reasons explained in the novel, but it could be used for anyone really.

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rubyred

first, mr q, not everybody is as fastidious as you. A lot of humour comes from the unexpected twist, and a lot of good jokes are off-colour, if not downright dirty. I see nothing wrong with that. I actually like many dirty jokes, though some are offensive. I don’t like ‘nice’ jokes usually, especially when the come from ‘nice’ people.

Remember the definition of the Puritan as someone who knows that someone somewhere is having a really fun time and is determined to stop it.

Secondly, mr q,  you misunderstand both the joke and the humour. Read the novel, as I’m not going to explain it to you. Or if you’re not going to read the novel – then tough that you don’t like it.

Benny Hill, one of my favourite comics, used to put on the very repressed clipped voice of a ‘nice’ personwhen he said “I don’t believe in that sort of thing before marriage. I’m not sure I believe in that sort of thing after marriage either”