| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8358 Registered: 8-2001 |
9/11 led to a genuinely funny joke about the lunar calendar. The joke is truly innocuous; it does not trivialize the bombing or ridicule Islam. What is it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17434 Registered: 4-2010 |
Blue moon relevant? New moon? Waxing? Waning? Crescent? Gibbous? Half? Full? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8359 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17434 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 11:54 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Blue moon relevant? New moon? Waxing? Waning? Crescent? Gibbous? Half? Full? no to all!! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5755 Registered: 9-2010 |
green cheese? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1656 Registered: 4-2007 |
By 9/11, do you mean it in its usual sense referring to the terrorist attacks on september 11th 2001? Is anything about Islam relevant? Is the date itself relevant? The fact that it was in September? The fact that it was the 11th? Are the actual events of the tragedy relevant to the joke? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 360 Registered: 2-2012 |
9/11 As in September 11, 2001, the date of the Al Queda attacks on the US? Are these attacks relevant to the puzzle? Is September 11 in some different year relevant? Is the 9th of November relevant? The US emergency # 911 relevant? The numerical result of 9 divided by 11? By lunar calendar do you mean a description of what phase the moon is in at a given Universal Time? Right Acenssion or Declination relevant? Conjunctions relevant? Eclipses relevant? If I were to run some software to see where the moon was on 11 Sept 2001 around 9am, would I possibly get a clue for this puzzle? Blue moon relevant? Harvest moon relevant? Are any specifics about our satellite Luna relevant at all? Is this joke a pun? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 361 Registered: 2-2012 |
I hope there isn't a "ground zero" reference in here - it is incomprehensible to me first, people would make a comparison between destroying a couple of skyscrapers and unfortunately the people inside, and levelling a good portion of a city and killing sevpI know the English language is evolving all the time but I always thought that ground zero only pertained to explosions released above ground - and ground zero is (for low altitudes) was the point at which a line drawn from the center of the explosion, through the center of the earth, intersects with the local horizon - In otherwords, simply it is the point on the ground directly below where the bomb explodes. The problem here, is that there was no bomb. Some planes simply flew into some buildings. They were already at the ground! So the term ground zero makes no sense in this case! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8360 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5755 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 7:07 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) green cheese? no Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1656 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 8:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) By 9/11, do you mean it in its usual sense referring to the terrorist attacks on september 11th 2001? yes Is anything about Islam relevant? Aside from the lunar calendar, yope Is the date itself relevant? no The fact that it was in September? no The fact that it was the 11th? no Are the actual events of the tragedy relevant to the joke? yope Beachbum (Beachbum) New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 360 Registered: 2-2012 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 8:17 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) 9/11 As in September 11, 2001, the date of the Al Queda attacks on the US? yesAre these attacks relevant to the puzzle? yesish Is September 11 in some different year relevant? no Is the 9th of November relevant? no The US emergency # 911 relevant? no The numerical result of 9 divided by 11? By lunar calendar do you mean a description of what phase the moon is in at a given Universal Time? I mean lunar calendar in the sense that some cultures follow a lunar calendar & some don'tRight Acenssion or Declination relevant? no Conjunctions relevant? no Eclipses relevant? no If I were to run some software to see where the moon was on 11 Sept 2001 around 9am, would I possibly get a clue for this puzzle? no Blue moon relevant? noHarvest moon relevant? no Are any specifics about our satellite Luna relevant at all? noIs this joke a pun? no Beachbum (Beachbum) New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 361 Registered: 2-2012 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 8:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I hope there isn't a "ground zero" reference in here - it is incomprehensible to me first, people would make a comparison between destroying a couple of skyscrapers and unfortunately the people inside, and levelling a good portion of a city and killing sevpI know the English language is evolving all the time but I always thought that ground zero only pertained to explosions released above ground - and ground zero is (for low altitudes) was the point at which a line drawn from the center of the explosion, through the center of the earth, intersects with the local horizon - In otherwords, simply it is the point on the ground directly below where the bomb explodes. The problem here, is that there was no bomb. Some planes simply flew into some buildings. They were already at the ground! So the term ground zero makes no sense in this case! Ground zero is irrel | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8363 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: The joke does not specifically mention 9/11 at all. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1587 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does the joke specifically reference... September? (30 days hath...) 11-09-2001? 11 September? The Moon? The sun? Flying? Season changes? Cost of flying in September? Crashing prices of flights between now and Thanksgiving? Hehe. Well, I thought that last one was hilarious. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8366 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1587 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - 7:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the joke specifically reference... September? (30 days hath...) no 11-09-2001? no 11 September? no The Moon? yes The sun? no Flying? no Season changes? noish or maybe yope Cost of flying in September? no Crashing prices of flights between now and Thanksgiving? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1591 Registered: 6-2005 |
"New moon rising" relevant? Half moon relevant? Waning phase of the moon relevant? Lunar occultation of Saturn relevant? (When the moon has Saturn twinkling just off behind it as depicted in many flags for predominantly Islamic nations.) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8369 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1591 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2012 - 9:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "New moon rising" relevant? no Half moon relevant? no Waning phase of the moon relevant? no Lunar occultation of Saturn relevant? no(When the moon has Saturn twinkling just off behind it as depicted in many flags for predominantly Islamic nations.) | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1600 Registered: 6-2005 |
Anything to do with the other holidays or observances in the month of September? Labor Day? Rosh Hashanah? U.N. Day of Peace? Autumnal Equinox? Last Quarter of the moon cycle? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3068 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did the joke come about/become funny because of the high levels of interest and awareness of Islam that happened after 9/11? Including increased awareness of their calendar? So the joke wouldn't have worked before then because so many people knew nothing about the Islamic lunar calendar? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8374 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1600 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 12:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Anything to do with the other holidays or observances in the month of September? noLabor Day? no Rosh Hashanah? no U.N. Day of Peace? noAutumnal Equinox? noLast Quarter of the moon cycle? no Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3068 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 5:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the joke come about/become funny because of the high levels of interest and awareness of Islam that happened after 9/11? yesish Including increased awareness of their calendar? noSo the joke wouldn't have worked before then because so many people knew nothing about the Islamic lunar calendar? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8378 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: 9/11 gave rise to something else, which gave rise to the joke. Find out what the something else is. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1605 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does it have to do with the replacement tower they're building on the same site? Something else they're building in place of the WTC? Something created outside of New York? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3081 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the Patriot Act relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8382 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1605 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 5:14 pm: Does it have to do with the replacement tower they're building on the same site? noSomething else they're building in place of the WTC? no Something created outside of New York? yope Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3081 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 6:39 pm: Is the Patriot Act relevant? no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3082 Registered: 7-2009 |
9/11 also gave rise to increased security requirements on airplane travel. Relevant? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1606 Registered: 6-2005 |
Naked Body Scanners relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8383 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3082 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 9:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) 9/11 also gave rise to increased security requirements on airplane travel. Relevant? no Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1606 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 10:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Naked Body Scanners relevant? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1262 Registered: 7-2001 |
is it relevant that 9/11 would be written 11/9 in the UK? are tides relevant? phases of the moon? number of days in a month? in september? number of days in a year? leap years? is it relevant what the lunar date 9/11/2001 was in other calendars? in those used in Islamic countries? does the joke hinge on a misunderstanding? on the difference between calendars? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8386 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Welcome back, Hannah!! Great to see you here again!! Post Number: 1262 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Monday, September 17, 2012 - 10:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is it relevant that 9/11 would be written 11/9 in the UK? no are tides relevant? phases of the moon? number of days in a month? in september? number of days in a year? leap years? no to all is it relevant what the lunar date 9/11/2001 was in other calendars? no in those used in Islamic countries? no does the joke hinge on a misunderstanding? no on the difference between calendars? noish or yope | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1616 Registered: 6-2005 |
Besides the moon... does it reference the WTC? Calendar? Flying? Night? Day? No hate mail please. What style of humor is it? Observational? “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s…. Oh s#*t, it IS a plane!” Q&A? Q: Who are the fastest readers in the world? A: New Yorkers. Some of them go through 110 stories in 5 seconds News Headline Style or NEWSFLASH? NEWSFLASH…. The WTC has been destroyed. thousands of New York executives feared dead. Hookers all across the city are in mourning. Knock Knock? "Knock knock!" "Who's there?" "9/11." "9/11 who?" "YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET!" Limerick? There was a young man from New York... Top 10 List? Top 10 Good things about the WTC attack... Political Commentary? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17498 Registered: 4-2010 |
Dlcygnet: I like the knock-knock joke there. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1619 Registered: 6-2005 |
Thanks! Shamelessly Stolen from: http://slay.me/joke-of-the-day/funny-911-jokes Rounding out the list... was the joke in the form of... A Pun? A Political Joke? Professional Joke? Mathematical Joke? Ethnic Joke? Religious Joke? (A priest, a rabbi, and a...) Self-Deprecating? Dirty Joke? Surrealist/Minimalist? (What's red and invisible? No Tomatoes; or anything Fozzi Bear might tell) Anti-Joke? (Again, anything Fozzi Bear might tell) Elephant Joke? Non-Sequitur? Dark? Riddle? Light Bulb? Shaggy Dog Story? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8394 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1616 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 5:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Besides the moon... does it reference the WTC? noCalendar? yesFlying? noNight? noDay? no No hate mail please. What style of humor is it? Observational? no “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s…. Oh s#*t, it IS a plane!” Q&A? no Q: Who are the fastest readers in the world? A: New Yorkers. Some of them go through 110 stories in 5 seconds News Headline Style or NEWSFLASH? no NEWSFLASH…. The WTC has been destroyed. thousands of New York executives feared dead. Hookers all across the city are in mourning. Knock Knock? no "Knock knock!" "Who's there?" "9/11." "9/11 who?" "YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET!" Limerick? There was a young man from New York... no Top 10 List? noTop 10 Good things about the WTC attack... Political Commentary? noish Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17498 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 8:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Dlcygnet: I like the knock-knock joke there. Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1619 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 10:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Thanks! Shamelessly Stolen from: http://slay.me/joke-of-the-day/funny-911-jokes Rounding out the list... was the joke in the form of... A Pun? no A Political Joke? noish or yope Professional Joke? no Mathematical Joke? no Ethnic Joke? yope --, but, as I said, not an even remotely offensive one Religious Joke? (A priest, a rabbi, and a...) no Self-Deprecating? no Dirty Joke? no Surrealist/Minimalist? no(What's red and invisible? No Tomatoes; or anything Fozzi Bear might tell) Sorry, I'm not up[ on Fozzi Bear Anti-Joke? (Again, anything Fozzi Bear might tell) Elephant Joke? no Non-Sequitur? noish Dark? no Riddle? no Light Bulb? no Shaggy Dog Story? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1630 Registered: 6-2005 |
So my clues so far are Moon, Calendar, Sort-of Ethnic Joke maybe Political Commentary. Rather than ethnic... does the joke reference "New Yorkers"? Or the city of New York? Fozzi is a character on Jim Henson's Muppets. An example of his joke would be... Fozzi: What's the difference between an Orange? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8396 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1630 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 9:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So my clues so far are Moon, Calendar, Sort-of Ethnic Joke maybe Political Commentary. Rather than ethnic... does the joke reference "New Yorkers"? no Or the city of New York? no Fozzi is a character on Jim Henson's Muppets. An example of his joke would be... Fozzi: What's the difference between an Orange? Obviously, the answer is,"A cat." | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1640 Registered: 6-2005 |
Bomber's Moon relevant? http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bombers-moon.htm Other ethnic holidays/days of remembrance in September relevant? Does the sort-of ethnic reference refer to... a religion? a geographic area? A country? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8400 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1640 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 12:12 am: Bomber's Moon relevant? no http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bombers-moon.htm Other ethnic holidays/days of remembrance in September relevant? no Does the sort-of ethnic reference refer to... a religion? yesish a geographic area? no A country? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8401 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1640 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 12:12 am: Bomber's Moon relevant? no http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bombers-moon.htm Other ethnic holidays/days of remembrance in September relevant? no Does the sort-of ethnic reference refer to... a religion? yesish a geographic area? noA country? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8402 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1640 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 12:12 am: Bomber's Moon relevant? no http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bombers-moon.htm Other ethnic holidays/days of remembrance in September relevant? no Does the sort-of ethnic reference refer to... a religion? yesish a geographic area? noA country? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1643 Registered: 6-2005 |
The religion... Christianity? Islam? Judaism? Other? Specific denomination within said category? You said the lunar calendar was relevant... the Hijri Calendar? Relevant that 2001 was their year 1422? "The year of the order of fighting"? Relevant that if the bombers could have been delayed one more week, fighting would have been forbidden? (Month of Rajeb) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8404 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1643 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 6:41 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The religion... Christianity? no Islam? yesJudaism? yes Other? no Specific denomination within said category? no You said the lunar calendar was relevant... the Hijri Calendar? What's that? Relevant that 2001 was their year 1422? no"The year of the order of fighting"? noRelevant that if the bombers could have been delayed one more week, fighting would have been forbidden? (Month of Rajeb) no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1651 Registered: 6-2005 |
Hijri Calendar is the Muslim version of the lunar calendar Is the Hebrew (Lunar) Calendar relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8413 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1651 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Monday, September 24, 2012 - 5:00 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hijri Calendar is the Muslim version of the lunar calendar Yes, it's relevant Is the Hebrew (Lunar) Calendar relevant? yes. GOOOOOOOOOOOOD QUESTION!!! | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3110 Registered: 7-2009 |
Are those two lunar calendars relevant for different reasons? are their differences relevant? Or are all lunar calendars the same relevance as each other, just for being lunar calendars? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2538 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the 9th day of the 11th months of the Hebrew calendar relevant? The 11th day of the 9th months? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1658 Registered: 6-2005 |
September 11, 2001 relevant? That it was the 23rd of Elul relevant? September 11, 2012 relevant? (Or any other year?) That it was the 24th of Elul this year? Joke... How did anybody coordinate with each other when everybody was on a different calendar system? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8417 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3110 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, September 24, 2012 - 9:40 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are those two lunar calendars relevant for different reasons? noare their differences relevant? no Or are all lunar calendars the same relevance as each other, just for being lunar calendars?yope Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2538 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, September 24, 2012 - 10:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the 9th day of the 11th months of the Hebrew calendar relevant? no The 11th day of the 9th months? no Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1658 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 7:05 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) September 11, 2001 relevant? no That it was the 23rd of Elul relevant? no September 11, 2012 relevant? no(Or any other year? no) That it was the 24th of Elul this year? no Joke... How did anybody coordinate with each other when everybody was on a different calendar system? Actually, you're ORT--no joke!! | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1661 Registered: 6-2005 |
Ugh.. The only one I've ever read... 5759 Year according to Jewish calendar. 4696 Year according to Chinese calendar. So what did Jews eat on Sunday for the first 1063 years? Does it have anything to do with Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan coinciding only every 33 years? Anything to do with the Jewish propensity for adjusting their calendar (i.e. adding a month every so often)? Anything to do with the Muslim tradition of strictly obeying the moon, regardless of when their holidays fall? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8424 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1661 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 11:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ugh.. The only one I've ever read... 5759 Year according to Jewish calendar. 4696 Year according to Chinese calendar. So what did Jews eat on Sunday for the first 1063 years? Does it have anything to do with Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan coinciding only every 33 years? no Anything to do with the Jewish propensity for adjusting their calendar (i.e. adding a month every so often)?all that's relevant is that they have a lunar calendar Anything to do with the Muslim tradition of strictly obeying the moon, regardless of when their holidays fall?ditto | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1668 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did a would-be terrorist exclaim that he's lucky to be alive? Lucky that his (jewish) travel agent booked him on the wrong date? Or perhaps that he misunderstood the dates and showed up at the airport at the wrong time? Early? Late? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8449 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1668 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - 11:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did a would-be terrorist exclaim that he's lucky to be alive? noLucky that his (jewish) travel agent booked him on the wrong date? no Or perhaps that he misunderstood the dates and showed up at the airport at the wrong time? noEarly? noLate? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1677 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does the joke take the format of... Conversation between 2 people? 3? 4? More? 3rd Person Storytelling? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8452 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1677 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 4:33 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the joke take the format of... Conversation between 2 people? no3? no4? noMore? see next answer 3rd Person Storytelling? yes or maybe yesish | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8454 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Find out the precise setting in which this joke is made. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1685 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was the joke made at a comedy club? Office? Home? Church/Synagogue? Airport? New York? East coast? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8461 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1685 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 6:01 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the joke made at a comedy club? YES!! GOOOOOOOD QUESTION!! Office? noHome? no nboChurch/Synagogue? noAirport? no New York? irrelEast coast? ditto | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1692 Registered: 6-2005 |
So... a comedian... Jewish? Got up in front of an audience? And talked about how he would make a terrible terrorist? It's bad enough he can't keep his own holy days straight, let alone theirs? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8465 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1692 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 11:03 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So... a comedian... Jewish? yope!!Got up in front of an audience? yes And talked about how he would make a terrible terrorist? noIt's bad enough he can't keep his own holy days straight, let alone theirs? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1708 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the comedian part Jewish? Jewish by ethnicity but not by religion? Vice versa? Is it relevant whether the audience were Jewish? Is the comedian Muslim? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8468 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1708 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 5:10 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the comedian part Jewish? yopeJewish by ethnicity but not by religion? possibly Vice versa? ditto Is it relevant whether the audience were Jewish? noIs the comedian Muslim? yope | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1696 Registered: 6-2005 |
Jeremy Greenberg relevant? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1713 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is he playing a character? If so, is the character Jewish? Muslim? Does the comedian have a Jewish name? Look Jewish? Is he pretending to be someone he is not? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8469 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1696 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 5:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Jeremy Greenberg relevant? not that I know of Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1713 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 8:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is he playing a character? no{If so, is the character Jewish? Muslim? Does the comedian have a Jewish name? yopeLook Jewish? yope Is he pretending to be someone he is not? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1716 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is there more than one comedian? A double act? A man and a ventriloquist's dummy? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1702 Registered: 6-2005 |
Jeremy Greenberg: Jewish born comedian who converted to Islam just to see what all the fuss was about. Also married a Christian woman. He has twin 3-year-old sons, who he refers to as terrorists or the mafia... "Oh! Did you like that lamp? *crash* Cheerios every morning or the vase gets it! We know where you live!" He travels the country explaining how funnily similar the two religions are, plus some quirky differences. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3484 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a Jewish person who was not a comedian? or a comedian who wa not Jewish? a Muslim? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8470 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1716 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 9:17 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is there more than one comedian? yes. GOOOOOOD QUESTION!!!A double act? yes A man and a ventriloquist's dummy? no Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1702 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:03 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Jeremy Greenberg: Jewish born comedian who converted to Islam just to see what all the fuss was about. Also married a Christian woman. He has twin 3-year-old sons, who he refers to as terrorists or the mafia... "Oh! Did you like that lamp? *crash* Cheerios every morning or the vase gets it! We know where you live!" He travels the country explaining how funnily similar the two religions are, plus some quirky differences. He sounds like fun, but as as far I know, he is irrel to this particular puzzle. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3484 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:41 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) was it a Jewish person Why do you say 'Jewish person' instead of 'Jew'? 'Jew' is not a slur. Lots of Jews happily call themselves Jews, including all my relatives (but not me. As old puzzle hands know, I opted out of both Judaism as a religion & Jewish ethnicity when I was 12Malory who was not a comedian? no or a comedian who was not Jewish? yope a Muslim? yope | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1724 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is one of the comedians Jewish and one a Muslim? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8474 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1724 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 12:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is one of the comedians Jewish and one a Muslim? Yes!!!! THe only good result of 9/11 was the emergence of some terrific joint Jewish-Muslim comedy teams. The joke ion this puzzle comes from one of them. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3494 Registered: 2-2011 |
I think I said Jewish person because I'm English and that's the way I speak | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8476 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3494 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 - 7:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I think I said Jewish person because I'm English and that's the way I speakApparently I misunderstood your purpose.Sorry!!| | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3505 Registered: 2-2011 |
:oD | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8479 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: What's common "Feel Good"advice to Jews & Muslims about how to get along? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1723 Registered: 6-2005 |
Sit down together and eat a hot dog? Get over it? Would this advice be common knowledge to somebody who ISN'T Jewish or Muslim? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8483 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1723 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2012 - 11:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Sit down together and eat a hot dog? no, but you're ORT (on the right track)} Get over it? ditto Would this advice be common knowledge to somebody who ISN'T Jewish or Muslim?I think so --I'm not & I know it | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8491 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: combine the common sappy advice to people who disagree with the fact that Judaism & Islam both have a lunar calendar | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1758 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the advice used for anyone who disagrees? Or specifically for Jews and Muslims? Anything like "in a year's time you'll have forgotten why you were ever disagreeing in the first place"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8494 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1758 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 6:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the advice used for anyone who disagrees? yes Or specifically for Jews and Muslims? it's especially common in ethnic/religious/political contexts Anything like "in a year's time you'll have forgotten why you were ever disagreeing in the first place"? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1780 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does the joke revolve around the fact that Jews and Muslims would find it hard to take the advice, because they have lunar calendars? Because taking the advice would require them to do something at the same time? Because the advice mentions a specific date-related term? Because it mentions the sun? Does the advice suggest a way for people who disagree to get on? Does it recommend they talk to each other? Do something together? Realise they are not so different after all? Unite for a common cause? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 8507 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1780 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 9:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the joke revolve around the fact that Jews and Muslims would find it hard to take the advice, because they have lunar calendars? no Because taking the advice would require them to do something at the same time? noBecause the advice mentions a specific date-related term? noBecause it mentions the sun? no Does the advice suggest a way for people who disagree to get on? yesDoes it recommend they talk to each other? see next answer but one Do something together? see next answerRealise they are not so different after all? yesUnite for a common cause? yesish This is close enough for me to declare a *********** SPOILER ************** Probably the only good result of 9/11 was the emergence of some very funny Jewish-Muslim comedy groups. One included the following routine: Jew or Muslim,"We should focus on our commonalities instead of our differences." Member of the other religion, "Let's hear it for the lunar calendar!" I think of that whenever I hear treacle about finding common ground. Please think of checking out my new puzzle at the bottom of the page. |
