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Friday November 18, 2005

Jokes

Jewish ‘Jeopardy’

A: Midrash
Q: What is a Middle East skin disease?

A: The Gaza Strip
Q: What is an Egyptian belly dance?

A: A classroom, a Passover ceremony and a latke
Q: What is a cheder, a seder and a tater?

A: Babylon
Q: What does the rabbi do during some sermons?

A: Kishke, sukkah and circumcision
Q: What are a gut, a hut and a cut?

An end to the medical profession?

Hette was talking to her best friend, Freda.

“You know, Freda,” said Hette, “Being a doctor these days isn’t as great as it used to be. There are now many kinds of scientists around with much more prestige than doctors. It therefore follows that in future, many Jewish boys are going to become scientists instead of doctors.”

“I can’t agree with you at all on this one,” replied Freda.

“Why on earth not?” said Hette.

“Because, my dear Hette,” replied Freda, “it’s much more difficult to say, ‘My son, the nuclear physicist.’”

A lesson in economics

Izzy is walking down the street with his friend Jacob when he suddenly says, “Did you know, Jacob, that I’m a walking economy.”

Jacob answers, “What do you mean by that?”

“Well it’s like this Jacob,” says Izzy. “My hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation and the combination of these factors is putting me into a deep depression.”

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