The rest of the world makes jokes about us -- here's one from Iran

[scarletwoman]

A US Republican Senator gets on a plane and finds himself seated next to an Iranian lady.

He sees her Iranian passport and strikes up a conversation.

"So tell me," he says, "why does a country like Iran - with so much oil and gas - need a nuclear programme?"

The Iranian lady looks at him, a little puzzled.

"That's a very interesting question," she says, "but let me ask you something first.

A horse, a cow and a deer all eat the same stuff...grass.

Yet the deer excretes little pellets, the cow turns out a flat patty and the horse produces muffins of dried poop.

Why do you suppose that is?"

The American guy is dumbfounded.

Finally, he replies: "I haven't the slightest idea."

"Oh, I see," says the Iranian, "so how is it you feel qualified to discuss Iran's nuclear programme when you don't know s**t?"

Got this from here: http://jmpolitics.blogspot.com/2006/11/acceptable-joke.html

:D
sw

[karlrschneider]

1. Heh, pretty good. Here's another one that I like:

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted
a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,

"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago,
but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're 840 feet above sea level.
You are at 31 degrees, 14.29 minutes north latitude, and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes
west longitude."

She rolled her eyes and said, "YOU must be a democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

The balloonist answered, "Everything you told me is technically correct,
but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I am still lost.
Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "YOU must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going.
You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made
a promise that you have no idea how to keep, then you expect me to solve
your problem. You're in exactly the same situation you were before we met
but, somehow, now it's my fault."

[Nimrod2005]

4. ROFL...........nt

[psychopomp]

7. Good one... not really funny but makes u think

in an Aesop's fable sort of way.

[buddysmellgood]

13. Oh! That is SWEET. That gets emailed everywhere.

[liberalla]

14. OMG! That is GREAT!

Thanks so much for sharing that - I have someone I really want to send it to!

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I am laughing here

thanks

[Danascot]

16. Great but it's missing one key 'puke ingredient

the republican didn't screw over the dem.

[geardaddy]

2. Those are both great! n/t

[Nimrod2005]

3. Sounds like Rummy was sitting next to the Iranian lady!!!

[Tom Joad]

5. Rummy's reply was " well, you gotta deal with the shit you get, not

necessarily the shit you want"

[Little Wing]

6. I did not lol

sorry. Joke sucked

[scarletwoman]

8. Yeah, it's no knee-slapper. I just thought it might be of sociological interest .

As in, here's an example of what people in other parts of the world are finding funny.

YMMV,
sw

[Kelly Rupert]

9. Old joke, and not Iranian.

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/archive/index.php/t-3891.html
http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200611/the-obligatory-blonde-joke/
http://www.monicaadjemian.com/mofomon/2004/09/21/109580868407917137/
(all gotten from a Google of the punchline.)

The punchline hinges on the English idiom "doesn't know shit." That's your first clue it's not a foreign joke--such phrases rarely translate so well.

[scarletwoman]

12. I provided the link where I found this joke so that people could judge for themselves.

I wasn't trying to make some grand statement, I just wanted to share something that I found amusing.

sw

[Generic Brad]

10. Whew! For a moment there I thought you meant the world was ridiculing DU!

[Jamastiene]

11. More. More. More.

Love it. :rofl: