This has blown up. I guess it hits close to home for many people in many places. To all the commenters pointing out this happens in other places: as Baris Manco once said, “Ben Bilirim” :)
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Current Turkish gallows humour: A prisoner goes to the prison library, asks for a specific book. The guard tells him, "we don't have that book... but we do have the author."
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I’m told when a tweet blows up you’re supposed to promote yourself somehow. I guess there’s my SoundCloud (https://m.soundcloud.com/moshik-temkin ) but I tweet mostly about things that interest me as a political historian. Welcome new followers!
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Thanks to everyone who has been contributing jokes and stories in the comments. Clearly these jokes transcend borders and resonate widely.
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This one is from the junta-era (that means today's) Myanmar by the famous comedian Par Par Lei. Dentist in Thailand asks his Burmese patient: "why do you have to come to another country for a dental checkup?" Patient: "We're not allowed to open our mouths in our country".
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Old Romanian joke: Doctor at medical conference: "A world first! Our surgeons did an appendectomy!" Colleague: "An appendectomy? Big deal!" Doctor: "It was done through the anus, because in our country no one is allowed to open their mouth" :-)
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It is tonsillectomy !
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ok, that makes a lot more sense
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During nazi occupation of Norway, the prisoners at Grini, a prison famous for holding resistance activists, were supposedly lined up in the yard one day and told "We need some gardening work done. Does any of you have gardening experience?" No one steps forward.
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The officer gets irritated. "Come on; there must be at least one gardener among you!" At this point, a prisoner who happens to be a famous author and poet, speaks up. "Can't you just arrest one?"
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Reminds me of a joke about North Korea: - How 's life in North Korea? - Well, can't complain.
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Applicable for Turkey: - How 's freedom of speech in Turkey? - Well, can't complain.
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The US version: - hey, how’s it going? - well, technically, legally, I can complain but I’m so afraid of social and career repercussions I mostly just like other people’s (not too controversial) tweets and use a secret twitter handle to vent
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Is it really so bad even in US?
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This reminds me of some dark jokes from the Soviet era.
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Indeed! I wheel this out regularly - one of my favourite links anywhere on the internet! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes …
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Can't view, in Turkey...
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W önüne sıfır yaz.
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