Special Blog Post:
Humor That Won't Be for Everyone
...unless, that is, you have a very quirky sense of humor, in which case, not only will you find the joke worth a laugh, but you will also be delighted by the graphic I provide in links at the end of this post. In fact, you might find out that the greatest humor of the joke is in printing out the graphic and putting it up where others will see it and say, "Uh... I don't get it."
Without further ado, here's the joke.
Three missionaries, two of them Presbyterians of good breeding and education and one a Free Will Baptist from the sticks, were captured by cannibals. They were taken to a guarded tent and thrown in.And now, if you found that joke worth a laugh, and if you understand the underlying metaphor, please feel free to use this graphic as wall art for your home or office, or as a statement to post on your own Website.
One of the Presbyterian preachers hollered, "What are you going to do with me?"
A cannibal guard stuck his head in and replied, "We're going to fatten you up one at a time, boil you, eat you, and use your skin to make a big canoe."
Within an hour, a huge meal was served to this minister, who was quite hungry and snarfed it all down, after which he was dragged out of the tent, never to be seen again.
The second minister bawled, "Guard! What are you going to do to me?!"
The cannibal poked his head in the tent, rolled his eyes, and said, "We're going to fatten you up, boil you, eat you, and use your skin to make a big canoe."
And just like with the first preacher, this one was promptly served a huge meal, which he devoured quickly because of his hunger, after which he was dragged out of the tent, never to be seen again.
The Free Will Baptist minister had stayed silent through all of this. The cannibal stuck his head in to see why the fellow wasn't demanding to know the details of his fate and saw that the guy was just sitting there. The cannibal shrugged his shoulders and handed him the big meal.
A little later, the cannibal stuck his head in the tent, and the first thing he saw was that the meal was untouched; then he realized that the Baptist was over in the corner stabbing himself all over his back and stomach with the fork that had been provided with the food.
The cannibal yelled, "What th' Hell are you DOING?!!" to which the heavily bleeding man replied:
"Ain't nobody gonna make a canoe outta ME!"
The Dark Wraith thanks those in the audience who are smiling.
Published 1/27/2007 11:27:00 AM
<< 19 Comments Total
I am still laughing. I guess I do have a quirky sense of humor. Who knew?
Thanks for starting my day off in the right direction.
Thank you for the touch of levity on a bleak and overcast day in the SF Bay Area.
Good afternoon, Dark Wraith.
Hee hee.. that was a goodie. The graphic is pretty..er...cool, too.
...And that's why cannibals now use plastic sporks.
I am not at all certain I understand the underlying metaphor, but I like the joke very much!
- oddjob ;-)
So Libby is a Baptist?
You're close, Father Time.
Libby is Jewish.
The Dark Wraith celebrates our Judeo-Christian heritage.
DW,
Was John the Baptist, Jewish, too?
(wink wink, nudge nudge!)
I think Libby may be thinking of conversion.
BTW, skin is waterproof, but the stuff under it leaks like a ....
"Libby is Jewish."
The self-sacrificing kind?
The going price in Washington is $10 million per year of confinement. Rumor has it that the price for Libby could be between two and three times that.
He'll do his time at Elgin, the country club of country clubs for white collar convicts.
Oh, and that price per year? It will go up the nastier his lawyer, a fellow named Ted Wells, I believe, fights in court.
Not to worry, though: Cheney is personally on the hook for the payout, but the check is already guaranteed by others. Although George is far more in control of everything that goes on around him than most give him credit for, in this particular situation, he's just an irrelevant, bit player in this wrap-up.
The Dark Wraith takes comfort in the fact that those guys might have millions and millions of bucks, but they don't have an attractive blog.
"...they don't have an attractive blog."
They do, however, have an unattractive glob.
Here's the message I receive when I try to bring up The Uncapitalist Journal:
"This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible."
More "spamming"?
Complete destruction, Peter. Same spambot, but I didn't catch it in time.
The Dark Wraith has no reason for paranoia.
Heh heh, that joke was going around grad school twenty years ago; still funny today.
Good afternoon, Mr. Goat.
Indeed, this joke has had several revivals, but I daresay mine is the first to provide the associated, high-quality graphic appropriate for home, office, dorm, or classroom.
The Dark Wraith has, therefore, delivered the definitive version.
That you have, but don't you think for the less enlighten that the canoe needs a name?
USS SkinLog, Mr. Goat.
The Dark Wraith pays tribute to our 42nd President of these United States.
OT, but I couldn't help sharing this item at RawStory, in light of the observations you've made about the Chinese government's manipulation of its currency.
- oddjob
Here's yet another interesting story about the latest economic doings of the Chinese. (Hat tip Rawstory.)
- oddjob
Off topic, but men can too multi-task