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johnsonweed
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A suicide bomber blows himself up and finds himself in the Pearly Gates. When he wakes, he looks around and standing there to greet him are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Robert E. Lee. Thomas Jefferson puts out his hand and says "Welcome to Heaven." A very confused bomber says, "Who are you and where are my 400 virgins?" The four men laugh and tell him, "Y'all get that wrong all the time! It not 400 virgins, its 4 dead Virginians!"
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ketchupqueen
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Not really.
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theamazeeaz
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Read it to my family. Some laughs and a couple groans.
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Saephon
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It was funnier when Robin Williams said it and proceeded to have the original Continental Congress beat the crap out of Bin Laden.
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mr_porteiro_head
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If you have to ask the question, the answer is almost always "no".
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Steev
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I don't get it.
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aspectre
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Prolly sum'thin' 'bout Dueling Banjos.
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rivka
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400 ≠ 72
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Tatiana
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I vote no.
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erosomniac
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quote:
Originally posted by aspectre:
Prolly sum'thin' 'bout Dueling Banjos.

Is that where that god awful lick originates?
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Tara
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No.
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Foust
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Yeah, like Rivka points out, the joke instantly fails because it has to change the number.

Also, "400 Virgins" isn't close enough to "4 dead Virginians."

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johnsonweed
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I didn't think so either.
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If you could think of 72 famous Virginians, it would be funny just because you had to name all of them.
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A suicide bomber blows himself up and finds himself in the Pearly Gates. When he wakes, he looks around and standing there to greet him are Patch Adams, Pearl Bailey, Warren Beatty, Pat Benetar, J. Evan Bonifant, Wes Borland, Charlie Byrd, Sandra Bullock, Katie Couric, Patsy Cline, Missy Elliot, Jimmy Dean, Chris Daniel, Ella Fitzgerald, Tim Foreman, DeAngelo Hall, Mark Hamill, Denny Hamlin, William Henry Harrison, Bryan Harvey, Tom Wolfe, David Wright, Woodrow Wilson, L. Douglas Wilder, Paul Wellstone, Booker T. Washington, Ben Wallace, Billy Wagner, Justin Verlander, Bobby Wadkins, Justin Berlander, Michael Vick, Skeet Ulrich, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Cy Twombly, Nat Turner, Timbaland, Trey Songz, Winfield Scott, George C. Scott, David Robinson, Tom Robbins, Felipe Rose, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Chief Powhatan, Johnny Newman, Jim Morrison, Douglas MacArthur, Shirley MacLaine, DeAngelo Hill, Kevin Grubb, Lauren Graham, Ellen Glasgow, Jerry Falwell, James Farrior, Ella Fitzgerald, Junie Donlavey, Adrian Cronauer, Henry Creamer, Alden Aaroe, John Aboud, Chris Adler, David Arquette, Diedrich Bader, Rhonde Barber, Adam Birch, Dre Bly, Bill Bolling, Wes Borland, Dave Brockie, and Chris Brown.


Tom Robbins puts out his hand and says "Welcome to Heaven." A very confused bomber says, "Who are you and where are my 72 virgins?" The 72 people laugh and tell him, "Y'all get that wrong all the time! It not 72 virgins, its 72 Virginians!"

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Lyrhawn
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Well a lot of those people aren't even dead, which makes it all the more unfunny though the overkill I think is more funny than the original.

But no, I don't think the original joke is funny.

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Carrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Saephon:
It was funnier when Robin Williams said it and proceeded to have the original Continental Congress beat the crap out of Bin Laden.

This is a true statement.
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