Hi All
Although I thought we agreed to curtail / terminate the joke-a -day thread I cannot resist a repartee to this classic by Joey , which reminded me of a similar zoo-based joke.
A Czechoslovakian tourist with his Indian tour guide were touring a zoo in Calcutta .
They were watching the lions , of which there were two - a male (with a big mane) and an female (mane-less)
Suddenly the Czechoslovakian tourist tripped up and fell into the lions' den and was immediately swallowed alive by one of the lions.
The Indian tour guide immediately called the zoo security team and they quickly came to the scene ready to kill the guilty lion and try to rescue the tourist while he was still alive in the lion's stomach.
"It was the male lion the swallowed the tourist! " screamed the tour guide
So the zoo security team quickly shot the male lion and cut open its stomach.
But the tourist was
not inside !
(He was inside the female lion , but by then he was long since dead)
Which all goes to prove :
NEVER BELIEVE AN INDIAN WHEN HE SAYS THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL
Cheers (apologetically)
Peter
PS: Tom - I just
loved the MISSISSIPPI joke ! .
There's a similar one about an Italian asking for a "fork" at a restaurant .... you can guess the rest .... but sadly I can't remember the whole joke
PPS : Found it due to the marvels of Youtube !
Or search : " The Italian man who went to Malta" on Youtube or Google