Middle East Jokes: How True!

[Ouchgeddon]

A scorpion wanted to cross a river, but didn't know how to swim. Then he saw a frog swim by. He called to the frog, "Hey! Let me ride on your back across the river."
"No way! You'll sting me and I'll die," the frog said.
"No I won't. If I do and you die, I'll fall into the water and drown," the scorpion replied.
The frog thought it over and agreed on the logic. So he let the scorpion get on and started across the river. Suddenly he felt the scorpion sting him viciously!
"Dammit, why did you sting me?! Now we'll both die!" the frog said as they began to sink.
"Sorry, this is the Middle East," the scorpion said.

If you think about it, this is all too true. Ask if you need clarification, one of us will get it. What other sad, funny but true Middle East jokes do you know?

 

[damunzy]

Doesn't sound like a joke as much as it sounds like a political statement. Besides this jokes belong in the Humor & Jokes forum not the Off-Topic forum. Try to remember that next time you post. Thanks.

 

[Ren]

Ouch.

 

[G-Man]

Wasn't this joke in some other mid east topic a few weeks ago?

 

[allhailIndia]

Hey we already had a huge argument about this joke and I am sick to death with it, will any mod shut this stupid thread down

 

[Simon Darkshade]

No need to get angry, just accept that it may have come from "The Crying Game", with the punchline being "It's in my nature".

 

[CurtSibling]

I can see this thread lasting long...

The above was sarcasm.

 

[allhailIndia]

Originally posted by Simon Darkshade
No need to get angry, just accept that it may have come from "The Crying Game", with the punchline being "It's in my nature".

All right, but if the mods do not close it soon, iwill turn it into a personal tirade against the Australian Cricket team and then Herr Darkshade will continue with a tirade against the Indian team and do on and so forth

 

[Crimson Sunrise]

Oh, you're so funny.

 

[Ouchgeddon]

IfSorry then all, but if people keep posting replies to replies and no moderator decides to put this thread to sleep, we could call it Another Thread That Would Not Die.

 

[willemvanoranje]

1. the joke is told wrong
2. it's no joke

it should end witht he sentence:

I couldn't help it, it's my nature.

It's an old, I think, Arabic story which is, like all those others, meant to teach you something. In Dutch we'd say: Ieder vogeltje zingt zoals het gebekt is.

 

[Lt.Col. Kilgore]

Q: Why did President Clinton have so much interest in Israel?

A: He thought the Gaza Strip was a topless bar!

Ed McMahon: Heyo!


Why isn't this in the joke forum?

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by Lt.Col. Kilgore
Why isn't this in the joke forum?

Because you guys are about as funny as a screen door on a submarine.[punch]

 

[Pellaken]

I've heard this one before... only it was a fox, not a frog, and the punchline was "its my nature" and it was on a star trek episode about evil foes who wouldent change thier nature..

 

[Ouchgeddon]

Actually I was hopign more for the discussion ofthe underlying message of the joke: Not that evil can't change (though it's a valid explanation too). It's that when it comes to the Middle East troubles, neither side will give any ground in order to have peace. No matter that peace would greatly prosper both sides (and free up space in the news). They just hate each other so much that they'll use tanks and suicide themselves, which invites suicide bombers and tank incursions. Hey I guess you're right willemvanoranje, it is their nature.

 

[willemvanoranje]

Originally posted by Ouchgeddon
I guess you're right willemvanoranje, it is their nature.

eeeerr.....eeeerrr....just to protect myself from being the victim of commentary...I didn't say it's the Middle East people's nature.......