Looking for comedy in the Muslim world

Hamas is about as funny as a spinal tap. Still, its surprising elevation last week by Palestinian voters from terrorist group to governing party has inspired some jokes. A selection:
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said, “These guys are like the dog that caught the car.”
“The Daily Show” imagined Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon coming out of his coma and asking, “What did I miss?”
Jay Leno asked, “How does this make Democrats feel? They can’t win anything and terrorists are winning in a landslide.”
Among the local jokes in the West Bank and Gaza, according to wire services: that all police stations have been closed, because complaints now go directly to God; that the penalty for speeding will be extra prayers; and that “Hamas stopped all suicide bomber operations ahead of the election, because they needed every vote they could get.”
Posted by Rhonda Holman

3 Comments

  1. J M Walker
    Posted February 2, 2006 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    Punishment for failing to do your evening prayers is not being allowed to be a suicide bomber.

    Hamas members who disgrace Hamas will be forced to wear fire crackers strapped to their beards.

  2. Damoon
    Posted February 3, 2006 at 9:58 am | Permalink

    And the punishment for a Palestinian child who throws rocks at the Israeli tanks is getting shot in the head.If you’re a Palestinian woman in labor, the Israelis will hold you at the border so you can’t give birth in a hospital.

    It goes both ways, JM.

  3. Damoon
    Posted February 3, 2006 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    Where’s Ed?I haven’t heard what he thinks about Hamas getting elected.