Posted on 01/05/2009 11:03:59 AM PST by wedwo
What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?
The Italian - throws the cup and walks away in a fit of rage.
The Frenchman - takes out the fly, and drinks the coffee.
The Chinese - eats the fly and throws away the coffee.
The Russian - drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra with no charge.
The Israeli - sells the coffee to the Frenchman, the fly to the Chinese, Buys himself a new cup of coffee and uses the extra money to invent a Device that prevents flies from falling into coffee.
The Palestinian - blames the Israeli for the fly falling in his coffee, Protests the act of aggression to the UN, takes a loan from the European Union to buy a new cup of coffee, uses the money to purchase explosives And then blows up the coffee house where the Italian, the Frenchman, The Chinese, and the Russian are all trying to explain to the Israeli that He should give away his cup of coffee to the Palestinian.
Yeah. I’ve been not quite remembering that for years! Thanks!
Exactly. Thanks much.
Ivan Skavinsky Skavar and Abdul Abulbul Amir. There are youtubes that have the song as recorded from a 1920s 78 record.
You get zipzoomfly.com.
priceless
Very good. You should send it to Rush for a daily chuckle.
Rev. Wright - The fly has come home to rooooooooooossssttt...
the Italian would take out a contract with the local spider and have it hit the fly.
The American - convenes Congress to subsidize both the coffee and the fly industries. Catches up with the Palestinian as he’s walking away from his vantage point over the cafe he just blew up, just to talk some sense into him. Leon Panetta emails him both sides of the NOC list in the Middle East and Asia.
Thanks for telling me about the youtubes. Wiki has several version of the lyrics.
<Abdul Abulbul Amir
Oh my goodness, I remember this song from Captain Kangaroo. Every now and then I try to look it up, but could never get the name right.
I found 3 versions on iTunes. Thanks for taking me down memory lane!
I thought it was Abdul the Bulbul Emir. But I got Ivan Skavinsky Skavar right, which was enough. It turns out that googling "and quite unaccustomed to fear" or "to harass the foe from the rear" is enough. Google is a useful tool even if the people who run the company are evil.
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