Topical Humor for Tuesday, January, 29, 2008
Jokes about the French are evergreen or, peut etre, “toujours vert!” News that an unassuming midlevel employee at the venerable French banking house of Societe General had managed to lose a startling $7.2 billion through unauthorized trading shook both Wall Street and Comedy Street last week. Although much is still unknown about how 31-year-old Jerome Kerviel managed to pull off his scheme and whether higher-ups at the bank were involved or simply incompetent, that hasn’t stopped Totie Fields from weighing in (no pun intended!) on the matter.
One thing we all know about the French is that they are famous for their diet. “I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks,” says the former Sophie Feldman of Mystic, Connecticut. Ten minutes later she’s called back with a subtle refinement. The new zinger reads, “I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is fourteen days.” Totie may have lost a leg to diabetes and a breast to cancer but the girl has still got it!
Shirley Temple is an international star beloved around the world, from Wall Street to France. Temple’s charms are lost on Totie, however. “Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult,” she says. Me-ow!
