**Serious and not so serious humor

Now and then I get a joke in e-mail that is both funny and makes a point or two..perhaps like a stick in the eye however. First the joke which reminds me of a forum poster who used as a tagline, "Don't tell me you are a Christian, Show Me."

A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in
frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection,
dropping her cell phone and makeup.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up
into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to
exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she
was searched, finger printed, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.
After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the
door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer
was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your
car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you,
and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do'
bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to
Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem
on the trunk. Naturally.....I assumed you had stolen the car."

Unfortunately I have no clue about the original source of the above or the actual
motive if any of the author. Below is a link to a cartoon that is both on target and very funny.
New Window LINK to a Glen McCoy Cartoon

Make sure you copy it, print it, and send a copy to Sen. Johnson, Rep. Herseth-Sandlin, and let Thune
know about it but it also could be drawn in multiple ways with an elephant or a headless cockroach...more on headless cockroaches in another post.

***Stay tuned for some deadly turgid serious prose....or maybe not-- Doug Wiken

Comments

[John]

Apparently the police officer wasn’t very good at assessing the situation. If the car were stolen, the thief would be trying to maintain a low profile.

Obviously an unassuming, unselfish, and trusting Christian had loaned the car to a loud, arrogant, and obnoxious atheist.

That story reminds me of the “Honk if you love Jesus” tale. Dakota Today readers have probably already heard it, but just in case, here are a couple of links to it:

http://traveljokes.resourcesforattorneys.com/index.php?entry=entry070823-000824

http://www.godweb.org/grandma.htm