Ship of Fools: Is it me?

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Posted by Simon (# 1) on :

Joke submitted by Derek:

Our Lord gathers the Twelve Apostles for the last supper. He announces that one of them will betray him.

Peter approaches Jesus, offers him his cup of wine -- from which Jesus takes a sip -- and asks, "Is it me Lord, is it me?"

Jesus replies "No, it is not you."

Matthew approaches Jesus, offers him his cup of wine and asks, "Is it me Lord, is it me?"

Jesus replies "No, it is not you."

And so it progresses through all of the Apostles, till only Judas is left. Judas approaches and offering his cup of wine asks, "Is it me Lord, is it me?"

Jesus replies, "Yes Judas, it is you."

Judas replies, "Why do you always pick on me when you're pissed?"

[ 08. July 2005, 11:50: Message edited by: Simon ]

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

Is there something about British idiom that is making me go "WTF" on this one?

Posted by Stoo (# 254) on :

'Pissed' in the UK means 'drunk'.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

I know what "pissed" means in Britspeak but it still doesn't seem funny to me, just weird.

Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :

There probably are a few things that need to be assumed about this joke. Eg, assuming that when people get pissed they get nasty or maudlin or whatever. So at the last supper, as Jesus receives the wine cups from each disciple, with each successive sip he gets progressively blotto. So at last he comes to Judas and is well in his cups, and Judas feels he's being picked on when Jesus finally answers 'yes, it's you'.

For me the humour (and admittedly it wasn't a huge laugh out loud moment) lies in the expectedness of Judas's response, and the very ordinary everyday accusation of 'you're only behaving like this because you're drunk' being levelled at Jesus, of all people.

Of course, it's an imaginative re-telling of the original scene, so if one is calling to mind 'whoever dips their bread in the dish with me...' it might be hard to picture the scene for this joke.

Posted by Back-to-Front (# 5638) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Anselmina:
Of course, it's an imaginative re-telling of the original scene, so if one is calling to mind 'whoever dips their bread in the dish with me...' it might be hard to picture the scene for this joke.

That's what spoilt it for me.

Re: pissed, I always have to stop and think awhile when I hear the word "pissed" used on American programmes, when what they mean is "pissed off".

It's so very confusing.

Posted by The Coot (# 220) on :

I liked it a lot. Maybe those of us who did find it funny feel sorry for Judas and think he got a bit ripped off...

It's sort of like letting him have a little win in an alternate reality i.e. Jesus is a petulant piss-artist who made him have to do it.

Posted by ACOL-ite (# 4991) on :

Native British Speaker, but still felt [Confused]

at this one. Not offensive; I just don't get it.

Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :

I was enjoying this joke,( I was imagining Terry Wogan reading it!), until we got to the punch line.
It's just not amusing, what a let down.
Needs a re-write!

Posted by GloriaGloriaGloria (# 8017) on :

This is one of the few that has made me laugh out loud, so far, but to be fair, I've heard most of the other jokes before and it could've been the novelty.

The unexpectedness of Judas' response is what makes this work for me - and I think The Coot raised an interesting point about feeling Judas got a bum rap.

Posted by Ophthalmos (# 3256) on :

Not funny or offensive because the punchline is unbelievably weak.

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