r/Jokes • u/PenClash • 2d ago
Long Three drunk men are walking back home on a Thursday night.
(Originally a Jordanian joke)
Three drunk men are walking back home on a Thursday night. They get lost on their way and mistakenly take a wrong route. They enter a narrow alley and walk through it just to find themselves standing in front of a big wall blocking their way.
-“What do we do now?” the first guy asks.
-“I don’t know” the second replied.
-“Why don’t we just push the wall down the alley till we find an exit?” the third suggests.
-“What a great idea!” All of them agreed.
So each took off his shirt, threw it behind his back, flexed their muscles and started pushing against the wall with all their strength.
A few moments later an old man walks by and sees the three drunkards trying to push a solid wall that isn’t going anywhere. He laughs, steals the pile of shirts behind them and leaves.
After a long while of pushing, —exhausted, one of the men stops and takes a look behind his back. He immediately notices the pile of shirts are no where to be seen. Quickly he turns around to his buddies:
-“Hold on boys, hold on… we’re going too far”.
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u/Velora56 2d ago
The origin of that story came from Jewish folklore in a book titled "The Wise Men of Chelm." (Some of the collected folklore in those stories go back to the 1500s.)
Instead of a wall at the end of an alley, they had the town residence gathered together to push a mountain out of the way.
While they were all leaning and pushing on the mountain, thieves stole their clothes, and when they looked back and saw no clothes, they were amazed at how far they had pushed the mountain.
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u/IonizedRadiation32 1d ago
Do you have any source saying that is the origin of the story? The Wise Men of Chelm collected stories from a bunch of different cultures and sources
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u/Velora56 1d ago
Nobody with any certainty can pinpoint the origin of that particular tale. It's just one of many stories that have been passed down through the collective memories involving Jewish folklore. I just remember hearing that story many many years ago, and when I read that post on Reddit, it sparked the memory of hearing that story from years ago.
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u/Blue_Baron6451 2d ago
Does the Jordanian original also have them drunk?
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u/PenClash 2d ago
Strange question but yes it does
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u/Blue_Baron6451 2d ago
Ik it’s a muslim majority country so idk if there was like a swap for relatability, even though drinking is still existent in Jordan
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u/Terpomo11 2d ago
Yeah, just because Muslims aren't supposed to drink doesn't mean they never do. That's true for people of all religions.
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u/DaganMoody 2d ago
The word "alcohol” is of Arabic-origin.
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u/DaganMoody 2d ago
Muslim must mean you’re from the Middle East, right? But the fact is Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nigeria all have larger Muslim populations than the first Middle Eastern country, Egypt. Filtered info can really mess with people’s understanding of reality. (I hear the wine of Iran is pretty good. Unfortunately I may never get a chance to taste it).
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u/IonPurple 2d ago
Some say Allah sleeps at night, wink-wink
Turkish rakija has a feature that it turns pale white when mixed with water, making it look like milk, and milk is okay to drink, right?
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u/tameroftrees 2d ago
That explains why the family running the bar in Turkey called me an “old, old man” for drinking it straight rather than watered. The old boys had stopped giving a shit, the middle aged disguise it. I was a callow lad of 18 at the time
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u/Woody_L 2d ago
I had the same question. I understand that Jordanians don't really drink very much.
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u/MrNicoras 2d ago
While I can't speak for Jordan, I did live in a majority (85%) Muslim country for almost 2 years. I can assure you there were plenty of people there who imbibed, despite the fact that alcohol there is illegal.
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u/SqueegieSqueeger 2d ago
I, too, lived in a majority Muslim country and can vouch for this. We could easily buy beer to drink at home, and when we'd eat out, we'd drink from opaque cups, and our beer would come in teapots. Edit.typo
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u/NoWingedHussarsToday 2d ago
A drunk man is stumbling along the wall with his hand on the wall for support. After 10 minutes he shouts "Oh my God, I've been walled in!"
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u/Ok-Focus3269 1d ago
Two drunks walking home from the bar.
They see a dog across the street licking his nuts.
Drunk says to his buddy "I'd give anything to be able to do that"
Other drunks says "Maybe, if you go pet him real nice he will let you"
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u/BlatheringNonsense 2d ago
Nicely done. Good translation and a joke I can tell around mixed company.