[Vision2020] Boarding house joke

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

Thanks for the reminder. I guess that my being adopted as a son of 
Abraham and grafted into the root stock, even as a wild olive branch, 
that would make me a Jew as well. What a grand heritage. Now you know 
why I use "heirdoug".

I wasn't poking fun at the writers of the Joke just the teller!

Doug!




-----Original Message-----
From: nielsen at uidaho.edu
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Cc: heirdoug at netscape.net
Sent: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: Boarding house joke

Mr. Farris,

Sorry, Doug, I said I got this joke from The Big Book of Jewish Humor, 
edited by William Novak and Moshe Waldoks (New York: HarperCollins, 
1990, c.1981). It is a huge book, 8 1/2" X 11" in size, 308 pages long. 
Both editors are Jews.

I have noticed, over the years that, generally speaking, Jews can much 
more readily laugh at themselves than Christians or Muslims seem to be 
able to.

I'm glad that even a Christian like you find my quotations from the 
Bible humorous. After all, nearly all of the books in it were written 
by Jews. And don't forget, even Jesus was a lifelong Jew.

Ralph


[Vision2020] Boarding house joke

heirdoug at netscape.net heirdoug at netscape.net
Sun Nov 19 22:10:12 PST 2006

Mr. Nielsen,

Your attempt a levi-ty is poor. If by your inferring that fornication
and adultery is funny and takes place in the boarding homes of the
saints at Christ Church you're sadly mistaken. Why would you find this
to be funny? You really need to stick to quoting the Bible. Your
interpretations are more humorous.

Ralph Nielsen nielsen at uidaho.edu
Sun Nov 19 20:57:04 PST 2006

I was just going through the Big Book of Jewish Humor and came across 
this one that might, with a little editing, be appropriate in a Moscow, 
Idaho, setting.

   There was an old man whose third wife had just died. He met a girl of 
eighteen and wanted to marry her, but his friends were skeptical. "Are 
you sure it's all right?" they asked. "Better go ask the rabbi."
   He went to the rabbi and the rabbi said, "Well, it's an unusual 
question, but I can't find any reason to say no. But my advice is that 
you should also take in a boarder," said the rabbi with a wink.
  The man agreed. Several months later he met the rabbi on the street.
  "How are you getting along?" asked the rabbi.
  "Very well, thank you, Rabbi."
  "And how's your young wife?"
  "She's pregnant, Rabbi."
  "Aha," said the rabbi with a smile. "And how's the boarder?"
  "Also pregnant."

Ralph

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