| Laugh of the Day To set up this joke... for those who don't know, "Hutterites" are a Western form of Old Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch, etc. The train bridge referred to is the one seen in that shot in the movie "The Silverstreak" with Gene Wilder (about 4 miles from my house).
Two Hutterites walk into a pet shop in Lethbridge and head directly to the bird section.
Jacob, the Preacher, says to John, the Farm Boss, "Dat's dem."
The owner comes over and asks if he can help them.
"Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere,"
says John. The owner puts the budgies in a paper bag. Jacob and John pay
for the birds, leave the shop and get into the colony van and drive over
to the train trellis bridge.
From the top of the bridge, John looks down at the 1000-foot drop and
says, "Dis looks like a grand place." He takes two birds out of the bag,
puts them on his shoulders and jumps off the bridge. Jacob watches as
John falls all the way to the bottom, killing himself stone dead.
Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Jacob shakes his head
And says: "Dis budgie jumping is too dangerous fer me."
BUT WAIT!!!! There's MORE!
PART TWO:
Moments later Isaac, the Hog Boss, arrives up on the bridge. He's been
to the pet shop too and walks up to the edge of the bridge carrying
another paper bag in one hand and a shotgun in the other.
"Hey, Jacob, vatch dis," Isaac says. He takes a parrot from the bag and
throws himself off the bridge. Jacob watches as halfway down, Isaac
takes the gun and shoots the parrot. Isaac continues to plummet until he
hits the bottom and breaks every bone in his body.
Jacob shakes his head and says, "Ya, und I'm never trying dat
parrotshooting either."
BUT WAIT!!!!....
PART THREE:
Jacob is just getting over the shock of losing two friends when Abe, the
Chicken Boss, appears. He's carrying an old potato sack out of which he
pulls a chicken -- one of those old layer hens. Abe then grasps the
chicken by the legs holds it over his head and hurls himself off the
bridge and disappears down and down until he hits hard and breaks his
spine
Jacob shakes his head in sadness. "First der vas John wid his budgie
jumping, den Isaac parrotshooting...... and now we've lost Abe from
hengliding. |