Cochran, Schiavo, Perdue and Wojtyla arrive at heaven together

Railroad

Railroad

Routinely Derailed
Uhh..well, okay, I guess I liked the Nelson Mandela one, but I didn't laugh at any of them. Sorry, Tonio! And I was going to give you some green for it, but:

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Railroad

Railroad

Routinely Derailed
This is the one I wrote and posted right around the time His Eminence died. It's certainly not as funny as the ones in the Post.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
<HR style="COLOR: #e5e5cc" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Interesting chain of events: Johnny Cochrane dies, then Terri Schiavo, then Frank Perdue, and then the Pope. Imagine for a moment the "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" scenario of the passage from this life to the hereafter....some place in the clouds, a big airliner is boarding a long string of folks, when up walk this little quartet of notables.

Here stands the Check-in Angel, and he starts looking each of them up on the list.

"Let's see...Schiavo....Schiavo - ah! There you are, my dear. You're in seat 6A. Mr. Cochrane, we're still checking our records, we'll let you know what we find out."

"Okay, Perdue...Perdue... Ah! Mr. Perdue, you're in seat 33B. Mr. Cochrane, we're - "

"I know," says Johnny. "You're still looking. Well you know what? I'm a successful attorney, and I can tell when I'm being pushed around and shrugged off. I want to see your Supervisor."

The Pope turns wearily and looks at Mr. Cochrane.

"My son, consider what has happened here. A woman who has hurt no one was very rapidly processed and seated in First Class. A fellow who believed in Christ as his personal saviour but sent millions of chickens to their deaths has been quickly given a middle seat in coach. "

"Now here we are, you a defense attorney of some repute, and I the Pope. As a Godly and meek man, I can await my turn in deference to you, showing my Christlike ability to be self-effacing. Or, I can be a little more direct with you than this fine Angel has done, and tell you this: You're in the wrong line!! Both destinations begin with "H" but your destination only has 4 letters in its name!"

"Ah," said the Angel. "Forgive me for interrupting, but we need to complete the boarding process. Your Eminence, you're in seat 1A. Mr. Cochrane, I'm sorry, but we don't honor the other airline's tickets here. You can find them boarding down THAT way..."
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Tonio

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
huntr1 said:
I didn't get the last one.
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As mentioned later in the chat, it's an in-joke for people who follow Weingarten's chats. It's a reference to "The Aristocrats," which itself is an in-joke among professional comedians:

http://www.dead-frog.com/aristocrats/

Weingarten from an earlier chat:

To me, tastelessness in the honest pursuit of humor is no vice. Humor is by its very nature subversive, and I give a pass to anyone who, in an honest effort to entertain, may cross a line and cause offense.

This does not mean I would TELL the Aristocrats joke to strangers. Subversive humor is all about understanding the soul and motives of the teller: When comics tell The Aristocrats to each other, they all know what the joke means: Nothing. It is a joke about the inability to cross some lines, and they all get it, and no one in the room thinks for a second, "Whoa, that guy really believes 9/11 is a laughing matter, he must be a real sicko. " It is Just Words.

I will tell all sorts of ethnic jokes to close friends. They know what I am really like -- they understand that I am not expressing my opinion, but making jokes about the silliness and unfairness of stereotypes. I would not tell such a joke in this forum, beause you don't have that knowledge about me, and you might well reasonably and rationally take offense.
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