Hey thanks, 'Spaw, I really needed that. I think you should stick to stealing my jokes.

And really...filled with helium? Gimme a break! That should have tipped you off to its urban legendarity. Unless the guy was planning on talking with a funny voice after he deflated 'em...

But here's my all time favorite ethnic joke:

Three ethnics were trying to decide what the world's greatest invention was. The first one said it had to be the rocket ship, because you can travel to the other side of the universe. The second one said, no, it had to be television, because you can actually see and hear what's going on on the other side of the world. The third one said, "You guys are all wrong. It's the thermos bottle."
The other two stared at him. "Man, you gotta be the dumbest ethnic in the world. What do you mean, a thermos bottle?"
"Well," he said, "If you put hot coffee in a thermos bottle in the morning, when you open it up at night, it's still hot."
"Yeah?" said the other two.
"Yeah, and if you put ice water in it, at night it's still cold!"
"So?" asked his friends, losing patience.
"So," he said, triumphantly, "HOW DOES IT KNOW?"

Aloha,
Mark