"It's our sense of humor that sustained us as a people for 3000 years."
“5,000, even better!”
“You’re a rabid anti-dentite. Next thing you’ll be saying they should have their own schools.”
Right. Bogdan Chmelnicki walks into a shtetel. Says, “I won’t kill you if you convert to Christianity right now.” Rabbi says,
“which one? Byzantine, Lutheran, Roman, Baptist, Unitarian...”
Bogdan snaps at him, “Stop answering everything with a question!”
Rabbi says, “Why?”
Bogdan waves his scimitar and decapitates the rabbi. Shouts, “Anybody else want to make a joke?!”
Synagogue President says, “So, we should become Christians, and also not make jokes? I’d rather die.”
Bogdan waves his scimitar and decapitates him. Shouts, “Who’s next?”
Whole shtetel starts waving their hands like eager schoolchildren, shouting “Ooooh! Oooh! Pick me! Me! No, me!”
Bogdan and his men decapitate until their arms are too tired, and the streets run with blood. Mutters, as he stalks off, leaving a few survivors. “Damn, these Joooos! are stubborn. They just won’t stop joking around.”