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April 24, 2010
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* Middle East
Jones's joke, untranscribed
The White House left an unusual joke by National Security Advisor James Jones out of the version of his remarks this week at Washington Institute for Near East Policy that was distributed to the press.
Laura Rozen noted the joke, which is in the tradition of Jewish jokes usually told by Jews:
A Taliban militant gets lost and is wandering around the desert looking for water. He finally arrives at a store run by a Jew and asks for water. The Jewish vendor tells him he doesn’t have any water but can gladly sell him a tie. The Taliban, the jokes goes on, begins to curse and yell at the Jewish storeowner. The Jew, unmoved, offers the rude militant an idea: Beyond the hill, there is a restaurant; they can sell you water. The Taliban keeps cursing and finally leaves toward the hill. An hour later he’s back at the tie store. He walks in and tells the merchant: “Your brother tells me I need a tie to get into the restaurant.
Posted by Ben Smith 05:22 PM
Categories:
* Middle East
Jones's joke, untranscribed
The White House left an unusual joke by National Security Advisor James Jones out of the version of his remarks this week at Washington Institute for Near East Policy that was distributed to the press.
Laura Rozen noted the joke, which is in the tradition of Jewish jokes usually told by Jews:
A Taliban militant gets lost and is wandering around the desert looking for water. He finally arrives at a store run by a Jew and asks for water. The Jewish vendor tells him he doesn’t have any water but can gladly sell him a tie. The Taliban, the jokes goes on, begins to curse and yell at the Jewish storeowner. The Jew, unmoved, offers the rude militant an idea: Beyond the hill, there is a restaurant; they can sell you water. The Taliban keeps cursing and finally leaves toward the hill. An hour later he’s back at the tie store. He walks in and tells the merchant: “Your brother tells me I need a tie to get into the restaurant.
Posted by Ben Smith 05:22 PM
Don't we have a thread on the Administration's stellar diplomacy around here somewhere?
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