Thread: An Old Joke, but Still Funny

We are decisively blowing the Taliban for years now. All we got so far is bills and people rioting in the streets, demanding for us to go home. Maybe time to get up from our knees and head home.

I don't even get what the joke is.

i guess traveler hasn't been lucky enough to be decisively blown in his life.

Huh...that was it?

I should never get my hopes up for something that is actually funny in the JFF forum these days.

i suppose not. i didn't laugh either.

OK..the "joke" in the OP was more commentary combined with a double entendre than it was a joke.

Let me clear up what an old but still funny joke consists of:



One evening a guy walks into a bar and orders a drink. As he's sitting there he notices that at the other end of the bar is a tiny piano with a little bitty guy that couldn't be more than a foot tall playing it.

Amazed, he calls the bartender over to explain how such a thing could possibly be.

The bartender relates a story about a strange guy that came into the bar one night and drank himself into oblivion. When the tab came due the drunk claimed that he didn't have any money but that he did have a magic lamp which he would be willing to part with to settle the tab.

The bartender, figuring that something was better than nothing, took the lamp and kicked the drunk out. The lamp went up on the shelf and sat there for a couple of weeks. One night the bartender (according to his story) decided to polish up the lamp and take it to the pawn shop. In the process of polishing the lamp the bartender began to hear a soft humming sound and then, to his amazement, a genie burst forth.

The genie, as genies are prone to do, offered to grant the bartender a wish in return for his liberty. According to the bartender he made his wish and BINGO, he ended up with the little piano player.

The patron was fascinated by the story and asked the bartender if he could try to coax the genie out of the lamp. The bartender was reluctant but after a stern warning and a little financial coaxing he acquiesced.

The patron took the lamp and a cloth and started rubbing with great vigor. After a couple of seconds he heard a soft humming and then saw a little smoke start to come out of the lamp. Sure enough a genie appeared big as life.

The patron was shocked but he was also determined to make the most out of this occurrence and kept his wits. Standing up and addressing the genie he said "Genie, I have released you from the lamp and you have to grant me a wish!" The genie, happy to be out of the lamp, said "Good sir, you have been kind enough to free me from my prison and I will gladly grant you your wish."

The patron thought for a second and said "Genie, I want you to give me a million bucks!" The genie said "No problem. Your wish is my command" and snapped his fingers then vanished into a puff of smoke which streamed back into the lamp.

At first there was nothing and then, from outside, a huge thunderclap sounded followed by a blinding flash of light.

The patron ran to the door expecting to see piles of gold and jewels littering the ground. He threw open the door and.....there was nothing there.

As he began to turn back to the bartender he heard a raucous squawking and the flapping of wings. Immediately he was swarmed by thousands upon thousands of quacking, pecking and shitting ducks.

He slammed the door and desperately approached the bartender.

"What happened?" he cried! "This is horrible! It's not at all what I asked for!"

The bartender just chuckled and said " That's why I warned you. I'm pretty sure that the genie is hard of hearing. Do you really think I asked for a 12 inch pianist?"