A Lighter Look

As a teacher you want to prepare them for the exams and ensure they
pass. You will be happy, and their parents too. But then on that
particular day you want to give them a Civics or General Knowledge
lesson. I would imagine this is the kind of classroom interaction you
might have with the ‘smart’ children in a township in Zimbabwe:

Teacher: Okay children, today is Civics. I want you to know the
functions of our ministers and other important people in government.
First question: What does the Reserve Bank Governor do?

Paul: He removes zeros from the currency today and puts them back again tomorrow. I want that easy job when I grow up.

Teacher: Not bad. But then what does the minister of finance do?

Sharon: He does nothing. He has no money. – Chenjerai Hove, Kubatana.net

At the very least, the individual can challenge the silence of assumed
consensus. By breaking the silence, by refusing to collude with evil
and insanity, one resists its darkness. Breaking the silence is, I
think, the most significant thing we do as individuals. Sometimes even
without speaking, one can challenge the silence, as did the women in
Argentina during the military regime. These women, Las Madres de la
Plaza, refused to be intimidated by death squads. They kept their
regular vigil; their presence alone was a blatant accusation of murder
and brutality. They also showed that the power of one is acted out in
community, not in solitude. We sustain each other in dark times,
sometimes simply by being present together. – Mary-Wynne Ashford in her
essay, Staying the Course

JOKES

Discussion

A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Good Eyes

This woman rushes to see her doctor, looking very much worried and all
strung out. She rattles off, "Doctor, take a look at me. When I woke up
this morning, I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my hair all wiry
and frazzled up.

"My skin was all wrinkled and pasty, my eyes were blood-shot and
bugging out, and I had this corpse-like look on my face! What’s wrong
with me, Doctor?"

The doctor looks her over for a couple of minutes, then calmly says,
"Well, I can tell you that there ain’t nothing wrong with your
eyesight."

Mexican Bandit

A Mexican bandit made a specialty of crossing the Rio Grande from time
to time and robbing banks in Texas. Finally, a reward was offered for
his capture, and an enterprising Texas ranger decided to track him
down.

After a lengthy search, he traced the bandit to his favorite cantina,
snuck up behind him, put his trusty six-shooter to the bandit’s head,
and said, "You’re under arrest. Tell me where you hid the loot or I’ll
blow your brains out."

But the bandit didn’t speak English, and the Ranger didn’t speak
Spanish. Fortunately, a bilingual lawyer was in the saloon and
translated the Ranger’s message. The terrified bandit blurted out, in
Spanish, that the loot was buried under the oak tree in back of the
cantina.

"What did he say?" asked the Ranger.

The lawyer answered, "He said ‘Get lost, you turkey. You wouldn’t dare shoot me.’"

Political Corruption

At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney
attacked a witness. "Isn’t it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted
five thousand dollars to compromise this case?"

The witness stared out the window as though he hadn’t heard the question.

"Isn’t it true that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" the lawyer repeated

The witness still did not respond.

Finally, the judge leaned over and said, "Sir, please answer the question."

"Oh," the startled witness said, "I thought he was talking to you."

Wrong Pants

Teacher: Joey, if you put your hand in one pants pocket and found 75
cents, then you put your other hand in your other pants pocket and
found 50 cents, what would you have?

Joey: I’d have somebody else’s pants on!