[NLGchicago] a joke

[Jeffrey Fisher]

have we done this before? when i was in mexico back in 95 or 96, i heard 
a version of this joke with the fbi, scotland yard, and the mexican 
police (i can't recall the abbreviation, but i thought it was the mexico 
city police force, although it might have been a federal force). it 
often produced somewhat nervous laughter.

in any event, the joke went that

there was a contest held among scotland yard, the fbi, and the mexico 
city police (we'll say). the nature of the contest was that a rabbit 
would be released and each force would be timed for how long it took to 
capture the rabbit.

The first rabbit was released. After ten minutes, the FBI got the go 
signal. Fifteen minutes later, they came back with the rabbit.

"well, that's pretty good," everyone mumbled.

The second rabbit was released. Off went Scotland Yard in pursuit. Ten 
minutes later, they had the rabbit.

"wow, that's impressive," said everyone, in awe.

The third rabbit  was released, and off went the mexican police force. 
Five minutes later, here came they came dragging an elephant, and the 
elephant was screaming, "i'll tell them i'm the rabbit you're looking 
for! i'll tell them i'm the rabbit you're looking for!"

as a friend of mine used to say, the line between cops and robbers in 
mexico city is pretty thin. "porous" might be an even better way of 
putting it.

j

On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 11:29 AM, Justin Schwartz wrote:


>
>
>> The president was trying to determine the top crime fighting agency in 
>> the
>> country. He had already narrowed the field to three finalists, the 
>> CIA, the
>> FBI, and the Chicago Police.
>>
>> The three remaining contenders were given the task of catching a rabbit
>> which was released into the forest.
>>
>> The CIA went into the forest. They placed animal informants throughout.
>> They questioned all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of
>> extensive investigation they concluded that rabbits do not exist.
>>
>> The FBI went into the forest. After two weeks without a capture, they
>> burned the forest killing everything in it, including the rabbit. They 
>> made
>> no apologies. The rabbit deserved it.
>>
>> The CPD went into the forest. They came out two hours later with a 
>> badly
>> beaten bear.
>>
>> The bear was yelling " Okay, Okay, I'm a rabbit, I'm a rabbit".
>>
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