or can the rest of us enjoy it, too?
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.
"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."
I think it makes a little more sense in its original form (with the party afiliations being reversed). But then again, it could go either way which is probably why we are in the mess we are in.
I liked it with the lost civil engineer and the balloning surveyor.....
Or replace the Civil Engineer with a realtor, attorney, PITA client, Patriot fan, etc. It's all good 😉
Merlin and Tim Milton will be along soon to suck any humor out of this thread and spin it into a fight.
I first heard it with the responding person in the top floor of a building. The balloonist said "Oh, now I know where I am. This has to be the Microsoft building and you're a help writer."
I meant, lost balloning civil engineer and GPS surveyor...stupid mistake!
Snoop,
Therein is the reason I believe that political humor should probably be posted under P&R. Not so much because of the original post, but for all those that would use the moment to once again remind us of, and admonish us with, their individual opinion.
> Merlin and Tim Milton will be along soon to suck any humor out of this thread and spin it into a fight.
And Angel & Wendell are here to keep an eye on that so it doesn't turn INTO a fight. 😉
Well, at least until 2:30 PM. Then we have a funeral to go too. 🙁
I can sum it up for you so you don’t have to read through all the upcoming posts…..
Realllllllllly fi!!!!!! That should be obamabots in the balloon.
OMG!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO
What do you Know!!?!?!
There go the repub-essants….lol
Riiiiiiight…
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OMG!!!!!
OMG!!!!!
OMG!!!!!
OMG!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO
ROTFLMFAO
ROTFLMFAO
ROTFLMFAO
😉
At least that one poked both parties. Deservedly so.
Should not have to be in P&R, but maybe it is best to put it in P&R from the start.
Let's save some time and trouble for our gracious hosts and just start it in P&R.
P&R is the place where the "serious" comments are often the most humourous (though maybe not intended to be), and the humor soon gets turned serious.
How about this variation: two guys are in a hot air balloon and it rapidly starts to deflate and crash into a pit of flaming lava. The one guy from one party says "hey the gas valave is stuck and if we both pull on the chord we might be able to reinflate the balloon", then the guy from the other party says "work together? No way!"
P&R here we come.
I've got one better.
Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are on a ship that hits an iceberg and sinks.
Who gets saved?
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The United States.
Point has now been made. :good:
I've got one betterer
That was funny on two levels. The intended was funny, much in the same way it was with variations featuring different figures from past administrations as far back as I can remember.
But even funnier for unintended reasons. Predictability to the extreme is certainly funnier than any rehashed jokes.
Thank you.
The short answer: Yes.
