Hitler's General Staff Meeting

[Riesstiu IV]

Adolf Hitler was conducting a General Staff meeting, when somebody sneezed.

"Who vas zat!?" shouted Hitler, whirling around from a wall map of Europe. Nobody said anything.

"I see," he said, "I vill haff 10 of you shot. Und maybe zen you vill tell me who schneezed, ja?" A Gestapo agent took 10 people out of the room. Shots were heard, then silence.

"I vill ask again," yelled Hitler, "who schneezed?" Again, nobody said anything.

"Very vell," he said, "I vill haff anosser 10 of you shot!" The Gestapo agent escorted 10 more people out of the room and executed them.

"For ze very last time," screamed Hitler, "who schneezed?"

Finally the guilty officer could stand no more. He stood up and said, "It vas me, mein Führer. I am ze vun who schneezed."

Hitler slowly approached the shaking officer and said, "Gesundheit."

 

[Amenhotep7]

Hahahahahahaha! Very funny joke! I needed that laugh!

 

[DS_Legionary]

Very funny, I'll have to tell it to some people at school now.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Thats good

 

[Al Zan]

ha ha ha ha ha ha!

 

[vbraun]

In fascisim they should have it so that every time some one sneezes the city goes down by 1 pop point

 

[RegentMan]

Haha, I love that joke! I'll be telling my friends it come Monday!

 

[WildWeazel]

Apparently I'm missing something here....

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Originally posted by WWWeasel
Apparently I'm missing something here....

Simplified joke.

Hitler executes half of his staff because he can't figure out who sneezed, then the guilty person admits it and Hitler says "gesundheit"

 

[WildWeazel]

Oh ok, I thought there was some odd fact about Hitler I needed to know to make this really funny.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Originally posted by WWWeasel
Oh ok, I thought there was some odd fact about Hitler I needed to know to make this really funny.

I think it is the funny German accents that make it seem strange.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Originally posted by SuperBeaverInc.


Simplified joke.

Hitler executes half of his staff because he can't figure out who sneezed, then the guilty person admits it and Hitler says "gesundheit"

Jeezus mate.

The problem is that dude didn't know what "gesundheit" meant

I don't know German, but I have a brain and obviously it means "bless you" or words to the same effect. When someone sneezes you are supposed to say "bless you", the joke was that 20 people died because 1 thought he'd get killed for sneezing instead of Hitler simply wanting to say "bless you" to the right person.

 

[WildWeazel]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
The problem is that dude didn't know what "gesundheit" meant

i know what gesundheit means, I just didn't realize the joke was that simple. I was looking for some deeper meaning instead of just seeing the irony of it.
I'm pretty sure it means "God bless"

 

[Stefan Haertel]

Actually, "Gesundheit" means "health". A person who says "Gesundheit" to someone who sneezes wishes him good health.