printThere is some truth to stereotypes. We used to be able to joke about them without shrieking, “racism, Anti-Semitism,” “Occidentalism,” “Orientalism,” “Eurocentrism.”
What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?
The Italian: throws the cup and walks away in a fit of rage.
The Frenchman: takes out the fly, and drinks the coffee.
The Chinese: eats the fly and throws away the coffee.
The Russian: drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra with no charge.
The Israeli: sells the coffee to the Frenchman, the fly to the Chinese, buys himself a new cup of coffee and uses the extra money to invent a device that prevents flies from falling into coffee.
The Palestinian: blames the Israeli for the fly falling in his coffee, protests the act of aggression to the UN, takes a loan from the European Union to buy a new cup of coffee, uses the money to purchase explosives, and then blows up the coffee house where the Italian, the Frenchman, the Chinese, and the Russian are all trying to explain to the Israeli that he should give away his cup of coffee to the Palestinian.
Damn, that was funny. Best joke of the new year.
Buck
Agreed..very funny joke.
I forwarded to my sister in Israel who I’m sure will get a big kick out of it.
Ms Mercer: My knee is jerking so fast it feels as though I have been afflicted with St. Vitus’ dance. Why is my knee jerking so? Why — because you have offended me in so many ways (even as your introductory paragraph suggests) that it is hard to count them all. Let me count the ways: Occidentalism. Check! Eurocentrism. Check! Orientalism. Check! However, by receiving the subtle (and not!) messages communicated by the truly beautiful people via the media this year, I have decided NOT to be offended by Anti-Semitism. Why Anti-Semitism seems suddenly to have become rather avant-gard and almost required to be considered a member of the intelligentsia! (Sorry, I have to end this post and adjust by keffiyah!)
[Where is your Katyusha?–IM]
Very funny! Sarcasm from gunjam?
Oh, you sly, political commentator, you.
It’s so funny because it’s so true.