I’d better get these out of the way before I lose my resolve. These are real groaners!
Rudolph was a staunch member of the Russian Communist party. One day he came home after a hard day’s work, and announced to his wife that it was raining.
“Oh no, dear. I was just outside and it was snowing.”
“I said it was raining!”
“But dear, I just saw the snow,” the wife protested.
“RAIN! Rudolph, the Red knows rain, dear!”
And then there is this:
You all know about Santa’s reindeer -- Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen; Cupid, Comet, Donner and Blitzen. But there are two more. You know what they are? For one clue, see previous joke. Ah, you got it -- Rudolph. Now one more. Any one? No?
The tenth reindeer is Olive. Olive? Sure. As in the song --
“Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names!”
Groan.
I've been googling our good pal "Donner" because I recall him being called "Donder" in the poem. Apparently his name was changed for the song because it wasn't musical enough. But get this: according to sources thrown out by google, his name was originally and briefly "Dunder" (and "Blixen" started out as "Blixem.)
ReplyDeleteBlixem was WWII code: put that bombon in that sleigh and drop it over London.
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