Community Magazine October 2019

CAN YOU CRACK US UP? Send us your most hilarious jokes, anecdotes, or observations. Top picks will appear in this section with the name of the contributor. email: jokes@communitym.com online: go.communitym.com/jokes post mail: 1616 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Little Uri was walking home from school in Jerusalem when he came across a police officer who had a dog in the back of his van – a K-9 unit. “Is that a dog back there?ˮ Uri asked the police officer. “It sure is,ˮ the police officer replied. Puzzled, Uri looked at the officer and then towards the back of the van. Finally, Uri asked, “What did he do?ˮ Carl Z. POLICE DOG Little Maxie came screaming out of the bathroom to tell his father that he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So, his father fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Little Maxie stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to his father’s bathroom and came out with his toothbrush. Maxie held it up and said with a charming little smile, “Daddy, we better throw this one out too then, ʻcause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.ˮ Steven G. SMILE Yossi fromWilliamsburg puts up a sign that says: “Boat for sale.ˮ Isaac, his friend says, “But, Yossi you only own a house and a car.ˮ “Dat's right,ˮ Yossi responded. “And dey are boat for sale!ˮ Maureen S. FOR SALE DINING RULES Rabbi Felder, trying to teach the children about the proper behavior in shul, asked them about some of the rules their parents might give before taking them to a nice restaurant. “Don't play with your food,ˮ one second grader cited. “Don't be loud,ˮ said another, and so on. “And what rule do your parents give you before you go out to eat?ˮ Rabbi Felder asked little Ruben. Without batting an eye, Ruben replied, “Order something cheap!ˮ Renna K. 100 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE Riddle: Wrong Way SUBMITTED BY MOZELLE N. A truck driver is going opposite traffic on a one-way street. A police officer sees him but does not stop him or pull him over. Why didn’t the police officer stop the truck driver? Last Month’s Riddle: Carnival Trick A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the man writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? Solution: The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper. Solved by: Rosalyn Levin, Blimi Yoffe, Sesar Faham, Murad Faham, and Daniela Blum. Junior Riddle: Vacation Destination SUBMITTED BY RICHIE M. If crayons go on vacation in Color-ado, cats vacation in Kat-zakhstan, where would dogs go for a vacation? Last Month’s Junior Riddle: Scrambled Letters Re-arrange the letters, O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it? Solution: 'Just one word'. Solved by: Elie D. Baum, H. Solemani, Blimi Yoffe, Albert Ezra Mosseri, and Family Blum. Send your solutions! online: go.communitym.com/riddle email: riddles@communitym.com post: 1616 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Correct solutions received by the 18th of each month will be noted in the next issue.