Tug of war with a fish: tunahiki. ("tsunahiki" is tug-of-war in Japanese.)...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:17 am
158
Tim and Joe went to a Japanese school sports festival. The kids went on the field for tug of war. The red team won the first match, the white team won the...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 4, 2001 3:16 am
159
Not an original one, but a good one (perhaps mutually exclusive terms): Three fonts walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we don't serve your type in...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 4, 2001 3:16 am
160
Remember the string who went into a bar--but alas the bartender said: "We don't serve strings in here--you will have to leave, immediately!! This happened...
Y6963@...
Oct 4, 2001 1:00 pm
161
What's Winnie-the-Pooh's favorite city? Pusan. ("Kuma no Puu-san"= "Pooh the Bear", or Winnie-the-Pooh.)...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 5, 2001 3:11 am
162
What's soft, chewy, and a leader in organized crime? Yamaguchi gummi. ("gumi" in Japanese can refer to "gummi" candy, and also means "group". It's often used...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 8, 2001 12:51 am
163
The theme for the Japan Sumo Association's drive to get sumo added as an Olympic sport: "It's a sumo world after all, it's a sumo world after all..."...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 9, 2001 3:44 am
164
It justs get worse and worse--or is it better and better! dad...
Y6963@...
Oct 9, 2001 1:00 pm
165
A navy sergeant walked into the barracks and found a shirtless sailor sticking his stomach out, pulling it back in, sticking it out, pulling it in. "Sailor,...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 10, 2001 3:03 am
166
What's the unit of measurement for a rock band's failure in concert? A gig-a-flop. *** Gig: concert engagement. Flop: failure. Gigaflop: A measure of computing...
Tim Young
taceditor@...
Oct 11, 2001 12:24 am
167
I guess it's always morning in Ohio... :)
-- Stephen Wills - gt2378b@...
"We are only in junior high!
We don't get that much allowance!" - Madoka...
Stephen Wills
gt2378b@...
Oct 11, 2001 4:47 am
168
What do you call a Digimon who takes over the world? Hegemon. (Digimon is like Pokemon, but more suitible for this joke since all Digimons names end in "mon".)...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 12, 2001 3:21 am
169
Canon came out with a new machine that makes color copies and can also has a tape deck and microphone jack for karaoke. They call it a karacopi machine. (kara=...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 15, 2001 6:25 am
170
"OK, first Rita, then Laura, then after her, um, Linda..." "Soldier, what're you doing?" "Well, Sarge, you told us before we left for the front, we needed to...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 17, 2001 12:00 am
171
An unemployed baker sits by the street, begging. The sign by his cup reads, "I need dough!" ("dough" can mean "money". It's also what a baker "kneads" before ...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 17, 2001 12:00 am
172
A community immunization program was held at a local bank. Michael Jordan went to get his shot as well. See? He can still score a bank shot....
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 18, 2001 3:14 am
173
Pilot of the Millennium Falcon, friend of Chewbacca, and always wears a short-sleeve shirt: Han Sode. (Star Wars character: Han Solo. "han sode" means "short...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 19, 2001 3:18 am
174
Righto, Tim! May the Farce be with you! Bren ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at...
Bren Shuler
brenshuler@...
Oct 19, 2001 4:05 am
175
When the movie star was approached for an autograph, he was polite at first, but then suddenly became violent, insulting his admirer and refusing to sign for...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 22, 2001 5:06 am
176
"So how come Joe took a job feeding horses?" "Well, he told the employment agency he wanted a stable job..."...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 22, 2001 11:26 pm
177
"Ne, Obaasan. Nanka, Jun-san ga Peru to ka Aruzenchin to ka ni itta mitai." "Sou nanbei." #### "Grandma, it seems like Jun went to Peru, Argentina, that area."...
$B!V%4%8%i$OC/$G$b!"$I$3$G$bCN$C$F$$$k$h$M!#!W(B $B!V$=$&$@$M!#(B $BOB@=2x=C(B $B$O!"@$3&Cf!*!W(B ##### "Gojira ha daredemo, dokodemo shitteiru yo ne."...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 25, 2001 2:46 am
179
NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) is the top phone company in Japan. Like many other major Japanese companies, it has "group" companies--separate companies...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 26, 2001 2:44 am
180
What star appears in action movies and makes people sick? Bruce Virus. ("Virus" in Japanese is pronounced similarly to "Willis")....
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 29, 2001 2:13 am
181
Japanese weddings often involve several successive parties. One Sunday Yoshiro attended a colleague's wedding party at a major hotel, followed by a smaller...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 30, 2001 2:54 am
182
The Japan Times got off a good one the other day. They had a photo on page one of an Isuzu vehicle on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, the interior of which...
Tim Young
tim@...
Oct 31, 2001 2:30 am
183
The Mississippi River noticed that the silt coming into it from the Missouri was identical in composition to the silt the Mississippi itself was gathering...
Tim Young
tim@...
Nov 1, 2001 2:06 am
184
Tim-- I was going to respond yesterday, but was too tired. Thought though I auto do so today, however will tread lightly so as not to sound too overinflated. ...
Bren Shuler
brenshuler@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:10 am
185
A diplomat had on his wall a number of framed items. He explained to a visitor, "This is my college diploma. This is me with Richard Nixon. Here I am with...
Tim Young
tim@...
Nov 2, 2001 3:13 am
186
After the fourth ball that isn't pitched over the plate, a historic announcement: The "Ball Four" Declaration. (The Balfour Declaration, named after British...
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