Actually none of these jokes are really Orthodox Christian jokes at all. They're Despised People Group Jokes (click). That is, they can be told about anybody you want to make nasty jokes about. There's nothing in them that specifically refers to Orthodox Christians or any other particular group. (This is all explained on the website; click the link.) This is why our esteemed guest was able to download the page, do a search-and-replace on "DP" (short for "despised person"), and replace it with "ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN".(In fact, when I made DPGJ.html, I stole the jokes from a blonde jokes page, and did exactly what friend Guest did!)
I wish y'all wouldn't flame our Guest. It doesn't really solve anything. I'm very sorry this person feels so negatively about me, and rather wish I could do something to ameliorate the situation, but since the guest always flames anonymously, I can't even PM him/her to ask if there's anything I could apologize for. Clearly I've done something that has either hurt or enraged him/her (or something!) -- and for that I am truly sorry.
(readers who are not the Guest in question may wish to skip to the $$$$ sign!)
Guest, whoever you are, whatever it was I did that you took exception to, I really am sorry. I wish you would contact me (hell, make up a fake Yahoo address or something) so we can work it out.
I have a feeling you might be one of the people who took exception to some of the things I said in a thread about Israel and the Palestinians some time back. I really do believe in the right of Israel to exist, however I wish some of that nation's policies toward the Palestinians would change. I sometimes get muddled up in my thinking, and don't always know all of the facts, and I'm sorry if anything I said sounded anti-Semitic or racist or anything. I am really not a racist, or at any rate I try hard not to be, although sometimes in my ignorance and confusion I may say things that show I'm really not all the way "healed" from my onetime racist ways. I'm learning, and trying hard to have the sort of love my Savior wants me to have for all people. Again, I am truly sorry and wish I could do something to make up to you for whatever it is that you have taken exception to.
Also I apologize for any time I have reacted in anger and lashed out at you. It was wrong to do so, and I am sorry.
Can we please bury the hatchet?
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There are, in fact, Orthodox Christian jokes, although I doubt very many of you here will have heard any of them. They tend to be told by Orthodox Christians, by and large. Here are three of my favorites:
Q: How many Orthodox Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: "Change"? What is this "change"?-----
Orthodox Christian bumper sticker: "Honk 40 times if you're Orthodox!" (this refers to a practice we have, during lent, of saying "Lord, have mercy" 40 times in a row.)
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Q: What do you call an Orthodox Christian who is very technically minded, but has problems in certain social situations?
A: "Geek Orthodox"!-----
Which I guess shows exactly what sort of sense of humor I have.
Oh, finally, thanks to everyone who has spoken in my defense. Y'all are the greatest e-friends a fellow could have! (sniff!)
Alex