greg@garnet.berkeley.edu (Greg Kuperberg) (03/12/91)
The following joke is quoted from "From Beirut to Jerusalem", by Thomas
Friedman. It is about the Syrian presence in Lebanon during the civil
war; the Syrian troops had (and have) a reputation in Lebanon for
vindictiveness and humorlessness.
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A man walks up to a policeman standing on a corner in Beirut.
Man: Help me! A Swiss man stole my Syrian watch!
Policeman: A Swiss man? A Syrian watch? That doesn't make any sense.
You mean to say that a Syrian man stole your Swiss watch.
Man: You said it, Mister, not me.
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