Yes, Our Trace is definitely going for the worst joke of all time with this one. But I know you lot, if anybody can come up with an even more cringeworthy joke it will be one of you. There, you have a new challenge.
Passover is approaching. At the sedar table, every Jewish child will be retold the story of Moses and the Pharaoh, and how God brought boils, locusts, hail and the other plagues onto the Egyptians.
Yet in spite of this overwhelming evidence of God's intentions, Pharaoh refused to let the Jews go, until a tenth plague, the death of the first-born children was inflicted on every Egyptian home, passing over the Jewish homes. Only after this tragedy did the Pharaoh relent and let the Jews leave slavery and Egypt to begin their journey to the promised land.
This has been known for generations. What has not been known is why the Pharaoh, in the face of such overwhelming evidence would refuse to release the Jews after the first nine plagues.
It took eight years of research by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the renowned psychiatrist, to find the definitive answer. Dr. Kubler-Ross spent those years studying the Dead Sea Scrolls before discovering the answer. And once found, it was obvious. The Pharaoh was still in de Nile
while going through an airport, during one of his many trips, President Bush encountered a man with long gray hair and beard, wearing a white robe and sandals, holding a staff.
President Bush went up to the man and said, "Has anyone told you that you look like Moses?"
The man didn't answer. He just kept staring straight ahead.
The president said, "Moses!" in a loud voice.
The man just stared ahead, never acknowledging the president.
The president pulled a Secret Service agent aside and, pointing to the robed man, asked him, "Am I crazy or does that man not look like Moses to you?"
The Secret Service agent looked at the man and agreed.
"Well," said the president, "every time I say his name, he ignores me and stares straight ahead, refusing to speak. Watch!"
Again the president yelled, "Moses!" and again the man ignored him.
The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and whispered, "You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?"
The man leaned over and whispered back, "Shhhh! Yes, I am Moses."
The Secret Service Agent asked Moses, "Then, why are you ignoring President Bush?"
Moses answered, "The last time I talked to a bush, I spent 40 years wandering in the desert and ended up leading my people to the only spot in the entire Middle East with no oil. I can't let that happen again."
That is TERRIBLE! And I have tweeted it.
ReplyDeleteOy vez mir!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteI am gonna post it on facebook, with credit (you should pardon the word) of course!
FWIW
jimB
You make sure you credit Tracie. It's nothing to do with me. No way!
ReplyDeleteOh, Tracie!!! Mercy, mercy!
ReplyDelete(But it's cute!)
It is good, but here is one even worst:
ReplyDeletePassover is approaching. At the sedar table, every Jewish child will
be retold the story of Moses and the Pharaoh, and how God brought
boils, locusts, hail and the other plagues onto the Egyptians.
Yet in spite of this overwhelming evidence of God's intentions,
Pharaoh refused to let the Jews go, until a tenth plague, the death of
the first-born children was inflicted on every Egyptian home, passing
over the Jewish homes. Only after this tragedy did the Pharaoh relent
and let the Jews leave slavery and Egypt to begin their journey to the
promised land.
This has been known for generations. What has not been known is why
the Pharaoh, in the face of such overwhelming evidence would refuse to
release the Jews after the first nine plagues.
It took eight years of research by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the renowned
psychiatrist, to find the definitive answer. Dr. Kubler-Ross spent
those years studying the Dead Sea Scrolls before discovering the
answer. And once found, it was obvious. The Pharaoh was still in de
Nile
Ok, here's another:
ReplyDeletewhile going through an airport, during one of his many
trips, President Bush encountered a man with long gray hair and beard,
wearing a white robe and sandals, holding a staff.
President Bush went up to the man and said, "Has anyone told you that
you look like Moses?"
The man didn't answer. He just kept staring straight ahead.
The president said, "Moses!" in a loud voice.
The man just stared ahead, never acknowledging the president.
The president pulled a Secret Service agent aside and, pointing to the
robed man, asked him, "Am I crazy or does that man not look like Moses
to you?"
The Secret Service agent looked at the man and agreed.
"Well," said the president, "every time I say his name, he ignores me
and stares straight ahead, refusing to speak. Watch!"
Again the president yelled, "Moses!" and again the man ignored him.
The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and
whispered, "You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?"
The man leaned over and whispered back, "Shhhh! Yes, I am Moses."
The Secret Service Agent asked Moses, "Then, why are you ignoring
President Bush?"
Moses answered, "The last time I talked to a bush, I spent 40 years
wandering in the desert and ended up leading my people to the only
spot in the entire Middle East with no oil. I can't let that happen
again."
He he he! :-)
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