Two Middle East mothers are sitting in a cafe chatting over a plate of tabouli and a pint of goat’s milk.
The older of the mothers pulls a bag out of her purse and starts flipping through photos. And they start reminiscing.
‘This is my oldest son Mohammed. He would be 24 years old now.’
‘Yes, I remember him as a baby’ says the other mother cheerfully.
He’s a martyr now though’ mum confides.
‘Oh, so sad dear’ says the other.
And this is my second son Kalid. He would be 21′
‘Oh, I remember him,’ says the other happily, ‘he had such curly hair when he was born’.
‘He’s a martyr too’ says mum quietly.
‘Oh, gracious me …’ Says the other.
‘And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed.
He would be 18, she whispers.
‘Yes’ says the friend enthusiastically, ‘I remember when he first started school’
He’s a martyr also,’ says mum, with tears in her eyes.
After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks wistfully at the photographs and says…
‘They blow up so fast, don’t they?’
Is that funny to anyone, except people sick in the head?
humor, in all forms, requires a certain sickness because there is always someone who is the butt of a joke. This time it happens to be Muslim women. Pick a category or ethnic group or whatever and they are all made fun of. (Which I expect any follow up comments here to do so of this post.)
I find this seriously offensive as a female Muslim America. Yes, American, born and raised whose family has served in the military. Jeers to you to being a racist and perpetuating a disgusting stereotype!
I thought it was funny.
Gee, we can’t make fun of suicidal idiots without someone PC-ing in the punch bowl.
Course, this won’t be the first time someone accuses me of being sick in the head, and it certainly will not be the last, either.
To your credit, at least you didn’t say Jon ought to be killed for making fun of Moslems.
Well, I think it’s hillarious. I’m a muslim, and I have no problems with muslim jokes. Everything’s ok or nothing at all. …maybe that’s wby I never fit in with the other muslim kids….I’m freaking liberal. WOOHOO!
Great one that! I think I’ll forward it to some of my friends.
Islam is a race?
I thought it was a religion.
Whoa, is a black muslim black or muslim?
If you convert have you changed races?
Jeers to you who cannot have but a kneejerk responce to such a harmless joke.
You’re really going to flip over Infidel.
lmao that was funny
ha… they said “blow” instead of “grow”
Hilarious!
Actually, a lot of the Danish cartoons were also really funny…I also enjoy jokes about old people, Poles, Italians, Irish, Brits, Newfies, Aussies, Canadians, old folks, marriage, divorce, kids, lawyers, drunks, women, men, teachers, farmers, motorcyclists, pilots, students, priests, rabbis …………………..
(btw – I am many of those…)
It was funny – I can handle all the asian jokes just fine. That was no where near as sick and twisted as some jokes I could tell.. lol
Mike Firesmith…..buddy, why do you think a muslim will say “that” about Jon? Stereotyping, huh?
You think that only you have sense of humor…why? A muslim can’t find that joke funny?
What’s the point announcing “…Course, this won’t be the first time someone accuses me of being sick in the head, and it certainly will not be the last, either”…nobody is calling you anything here, jerk, if you are really sick why don’t you go see some shrink?
C’mon, waiting for your answer.
Funny – Yes.
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Here is what I find offensive:
WooHoo and all…
This is even more offensive than yours…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1446003.stm
or this…
Me too WooHoo!
Mike Firesmith…..buddy, why do you think a muslim will say “that” about Jon? Stereotyping, huh?
Yeah, I am. That would be me. Because people have been killed lesser “insults” to Islam.
A muslim can’t find that joke funny?
Some will, some won’t, but the thing here is this: If it were a joke about bald men,, which would be me, you wouldn’t be able to refer back to an incident where a bald man killed people for insulting baldness, would you?
nobody is calling you anything here,
Read the comment about anyone who thinks it’s funny is sick in the head. That’s where that came from.
jerk, if you are really sick why don’t you go see some shrink?
I’m not suffering from mental illness, I’m enjoying the hell out of it.
C’mon, waiting for your answer.
Wait no more!
If you want to engage me in conversation, feel free. You want to engage in name calling, feel free to be insulted. But then again, isn’t this how alllll this got started?
Odd, how we so quickly revert back down to those things we so very much claim to dislike, huh?
This what ya lookin for, eh?
Mike Firesmith at the plate…bases loaded…the pitcher is obviously high & his brain is dry…here’s the pitch…WOW…look at that swing…FIRESMITH SLAMS IT OUTTA THE PARK! A GRAND SLAM! The good guys win again!!
heh heh heh heh
Thanks, DJ!