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15 May 17
19:24
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"My grandad was a conscientious objector during the war."
"Was he a Quaker?"
"Yeah, he was shaking like a leaf when he was called up."
"Was he a Quaker?"
"Yeah, he was shaking like a leaf when he was called up."
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conversation overheard on bus.... start of an Alfred Hitchcock film?
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Psycho ?
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no - i just thought there must be a plot - the man who knew too much?
23 paces to baker street - not Hitchcock? but same premise. blind guy overhears a pub conversation. you could start something with a friend.. act out a fake scene.. larry - last night i ate the last of the meat? bill - from that dossa we killed? larry - yes, but his cheeks needed brown sauce. something like that? |
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With friends like that you would not need enemies.
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Zorro you a gangster
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Sorry to spoil de partee, but...the Quakers are called such because, at prayer meetings they would literally...er...quake...and a similar sect in the USA was called...THE SHAKERS...guess why...?
Both names were pejorative terms intended to mock...not so PC in those days...  |
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So, in conclusion, this joke only works if you know the square root of feck all about QUAKERS N SHAKERS...
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Rubbish. It was because they invented porridge.
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And get their oats for breakfast. (The old one's are the best, or so they say)
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The day after 9/11 there was a woman talking to herself on the bus.
"I told you Mr Blair and Mr Bush but you didn't listen did you." |
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to be fair... she did tell them.
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Person 1: "There were some great fighters called Lee; Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee."
Person 2: "Yeah, Muhammad R. Lee." |
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Person 1: My solicitor's holding an advice clinic at the local youth club tonight.
Person 2: Is he pro bono? Person 1: I don't think he even likes U2. |
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Person 1: It's the wife's 50th next year and I don't know where to take her.
Person 2: What about the Orient Express? Person 1: She doesn't like Chinese food. |