An old joke from back in the day, in the classic genre of 3 improbable people in a ridiculous situation….
A hippie, a priest and Henry Kissinger were in an airplane......
A hippie, a priest and Henry Kissinger were in an airplane, when the engines failed and everyone had to bail out immediately. Unfortunately, the plane only had 2 parachutes for the three of them. Who should get them? Henry Kissinger said, “Since I am a genius and the world needs my unparalleled mental acuity, I must have a parachute for the betterment of mankind (sic).” With that, he jumped out of the plane. The priest looked at the hippie and said, “I am old and have lived a righteous life. I am not afraid of meeting my Maker. You are young and have your whole life in front of you. You take the parachute.” The hippie replied, “No sweat Father, we can both be saved. The genius just jumped out of the plane with my backpack!”
Khati Hendry
Yep, I’ve heard it before. How about this one.
What did the saloonkeeper say when a Jew and a Black man walked into his Atlanta bar?
Hello Senators!
That’s a good one—and more topical.
Dana, the fact that that joke can even be told is, to me, quite remarkable.
That reminds me of the chemist, the biologist and the engineer being sent to the guillotine….
I don’t know the rest of that joke, but the improbable formula is the same. Also don’t know if it qualifies as Borscht Belt humor, but probably isn’t too far off.
Laughed all the way down he did.
You got an LOL out of me!
I was hoping someone would get a laugh-we need it now! Cheers.
Good one, Khati!
And Dana – that one’s been floating around since the election, but still makes me smile!
One of the few I remember from way back when–still makes me smile too.
Thanks for making me laugh this morning. Great joke!
More laughs a good thing!
Love it, Khati! And, for some reason, I’ve never heard it before! I did hear this one, though: A priest, a politician, and an engineer are set to be executed by guillotine. The priest goes first and asks to be placed looking up to see his God. The blade comes down and inexplicably stops inches from his neck. The assembled crowd sees it as a divine act of mercy and demands he be set free. Next up: the politician. He’s no fool and makes the same request as the priest, with the same result. Last up is the engineer, who assumes the same pose, looking up. But when he sees the blade above before it’s released, he shouts to the executioner, “Hold it! I think I see the problem!”
That guillotine joke is perfect! Made me laugh. I appreciate engineers more every day nerdy quirks and all.