Conservative humour
Re: So A Liberal Walks Into A Bar, letter to the editor, Sept. 19.
Letter-writer George A. Bragg claims that conservatives have no sense of humour.
Who is he kidding? Has he never heard of George Carlin, Frank Fleming, Andrew
Klavan, Bosch Faw-sten or dozens other.
Probably the funniest political joke of 2012 is a conservative one. Here it is: George Bush,
Queen Elizabeth and Vladimir Putin all die and go to Hell. While there, they spy a red phone
and ask what it's for. The Devil tells them it's for calling back to Earth.
Putin asks to call Russia and talks for five minutes. When he's finished the Devil informs
him that call will cost him $l-million, so Putin writes him a cheque. Next, Queen Elizabeth
calls England and talks for 30 minutes. The cost is $6-million, so she writes him a cheque.
Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for four hours. When he's finished, the Devil
informs him that the cost is just $5. When Putin hears this, he goes ballistic and asks the
Devil why Bush got to call the United States so cheaply.
Smiling, the Devil replies: "Since Barack Obama took over, the country has gone to hell,
so it's a local call."
David Solway, Hudson, Que.