well, i liked hamedshh’s surrealistic joke translations,
but my new favorite is xevious since i understand
some of what is going on, but it’s funnier if i don’t.
here is a surreal one i copied:
why did the dragon go camping?
what else is he supposed to do?
Two guys rent a rowboat at the lake and go fishing. They row around most of the day trying different spots, without much luck. Finally they find a cove where the fish are really biting, but it’s late afternoon and the boat has to be back at the dock by 5:00.
The first guy says to his buddy, “I sure wish there were some way we could mark this spot so we can find it again tomorrow.”
The second guy thinks a minute, then whips out a pen and makes an X on the gunwale.
The first guy shakes his head in disgust. “You really expect that to work? Stop and think: what are the odds that we’ll get the same boat next time?”
Tested out my new noise canceling headphones today while vacuuming the house.
Did 2 thirds of the house before the wife taped me on the shoulder to inform me the vacuum wasn’t turned on.
The CIA has three candidates, two men and a woman, for one assassin position.
On the final day of testing, the CIA proctor leads the first male candidate to a large steel door and hands him a gun.
“We must know that you will follow our instructions, regardless of the circumstances,” he explains.
“Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.”
The man is horrified, “You can’t be serious! I could never shoot my wife!”
“Well,” says the proctor, “you’re definitely not the right man for this job then.”
The CIA proctor leads the second male candidate to another large steel door and hands him a gun.
“We must know that you will follow instructions, no matter what the circumstances,” the proctor explains.
“Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.”
The second man steadies himself, takes the gun and enters the room.
After three quiet minutes, the man exits the room with tears in his eyes.
“I wanted to do it I just couldn’t pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I guess I’m not the right man for the job.”
Finally, the CIA proctor leads the female candidate to yet another large steel door and hands her a gun.
“We must be sure that you will follow instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room, you will find your husband sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill him.”
The woman takes the gun, enters the room, and before the door even closes completely behind her, she’s fired off six shots. Then all hell breaks loose behind the door cursing, screaming, crashing.
Suddenly, all goes quiet.
The door opens slowly, the woman exits, and wiping the sweat from her brow, she says, “Did you guys know the gun was loaded with blanks? I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!”
A suspected Covid-19 male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose. A young student female nurse appears and gives him a partial sponge bath.
"Nurse,"' he mumbles from behind the mask, "are my testicles black?"
Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, Sir. I'm only here to wash your upper body and feet."
He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, please check for me. Are my testicles black?"
Concerned that he might elevate his blood pressure and heart rate from worrying about his testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and pulls back the covers.
She raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his testicles gently in the other.
She looks very closely and says, "There's nothing wrong with them, Sir. They look fine."
The man slowly pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her, and says very slowly,
"Thank you very much. That was wonderful. Now listen very, very, closely:
Two old guys sitting on a bench in the garden of Almost There Mansion. Says the first: “when we were enlisted, did you ever hear rumors about them doing something in our food to lower our temperament”? Says the second: “what about it”. Says the first: “I think it’s finally kicking in”.
Two ladies were standing on opposite sides of the Erie Canal; one yelled across to the other; how do I get to the other side; the other yelled back; you are on the other side.
One of the best old-time comedians around, Jerry Stiller, has passed on. So sad to see him go, but at least he had a nice final chapter revival to his career (Seinfeld, King of Queens).