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Cuban jokes
One Cuban young woman complains to another. "He lied to me! He told me that he was a luggage handler! It turns out, he's nothing but a neurosurgeon!"
Explanation here.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on March 3, 2008 at 08:30 PM in Travels | Permalink
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Posted by: mishka at Mar 4, 2008 10:31:45 AM
Reminds me of what happened when I visited the USSR many years ago. Our tour guide was a university graduate who spoke fluent English and French and had studied the history of those countries extensively. However, she was paid much less than her truck driver husband. But, because she received a large amount of hard currency in the form of tips and bribes from the tourists, she actually ended up making about three times what he earned.
Posted by: Ned at Mar 4, 2008 11:28:08 AM
Mishka
That was priceless. That made my day. Only problem is all my email friends wouldn't get it. None of them have taken calculus. I'll have to giggle to myself and suffer in private.
Posted by: Mike at Mar 4, 2008 2:52:43 PM
Mishka
That was priceless. That made my day. Only problem is all my email friends wouldn't get it. None of them have taken calculus. I'll have to giggle to myself and suffer in private.
Posted by: Mike at Mar 4, 2008 2:53:40 PM
I know Alex will like this one.
IRAQI HOCKEY PLAYER
The Detroit Red Wings foreign scout flies to Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi play hockey in the new American sponsored league and is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to the US .Ken Holland signs him to a one year contract and the kid joins the team for the preseason.
Two weeks later the Wings are down 4-0 to the Blackhawks with only 10 minutes left. Mike Babcock Gives the young Iraqi the nod and he goes in.
The kid is a sensation - scores 5 goals in 10 minutes and wins the game for Wings! The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted and the media love the new star. When the player comes off the ice he phones his mom to tell her about his first day of NHL hockey.
"Hello mom, guess what?" He says in an Iraqi accent. "I played for 10 minutes today, we were down 4-0, but I scored 5 goals and we won. Everybody loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me." Wonderful," says his mom, "Let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in the street and robbed. Your sister and I were ambushed, raped and beaten and your brother has joined a gang of looters, and all while you were having such great time."
The young Iraqi is very upset. "What can I say mom, but I'm so sorry."
"Sorry? You're Sorry?" says his mom, "It's your fault we moved to Detroit in the first place!"
Posted by: spencer at Mar 4, 2008 5:27:01 PM
