suzee wrote:
> cloud dreamer wrote:
>> Tim McDaniel wrote:
>>> The second episode of _New Amsterdam_ had a scene with John Amsterdam,
>>> his partner, and a medical person (doctor, I'd guess, but maybe
>>> someone else) walking into a morgue and up to a corpse. The dialog
>>> was
>>>
>>> Medical Person: Just humor me. Al Sharpton and Billy Graham
>>> decide they really gotta see the Pope. They take the Space
>>> Shuttle an...
>>>
>>> John Amsterdam: Just *looks* like a parachute.
>>>
>>> MP: OK. A doctor, a lawyer, and a veterinarian --
>>>
>>> JA: Sue the duck.
>>>
>>> MP: Hank Aaron *dies* --
>>>
>>> JA: That's God. He just *thinks* he's Barry Bonds.
>>>
>>> MP: I hate you.
>>>
>>> Medical Person was starting to tell jokes and Johann was telling the
>>> punch lines. (The lead-in, not shown, had to be MP starting to tell a
>>> joke, JA spoiling the punch line and saying "Don't bother. I've heard
>>> them all".)
>>>
>>> But it took me a little bit to realize that fact, partially because
>>> they were speaking fast but also because I didn't recognize the jokes
>>> (except by their structure). I got the dialog above by repeated
>>> reviewing of the tape.
>>>
>>> So what *are* the jokes?
>>>
>>> (1) I suspect that's more usually told as <three famous people> and
>>> <another person> take a plane, the engine develops problems,
>>> they're told there's only one parachute, the first two <famous
>>> people> explain why they should have it, third <famous person>
>>> says he's the most im****tant person in the world, grabs the pack
>>> off of <another person>'s back, and jumps out, with the punch line
>>>
>>> The most im****tant person in the world just stole my backpack.
>>>
>>> (2) No idea.
>>>
>>> (3) Not sure. I think I've heard a few jokes about God "just thinks
>>> he's X", but I don't remember details.
>>>
>>> Help?
>>>
>>
>> Doubtful they really are known jokes. They just made up the punchlines
>> to...well...drive some people crazy trying to figure out the jokes.
>>
>> :)
>
> No, I've heard them before, #1 is pretty much as he said, #2 I don't
> remember anything but the duck and #3 is a variation about a Doctor...
The punchline in the first one is not the punchline he mentioned
above...and "I don't remember" isn't exactly sup****ting your cause.
I can see this is turning into another silly "count the rings" thread.
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