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Lebanese laugh it off 






Wednesday 30 August 2006, 11:39 Makka Time, 8:39 GMT    

           
            Jokesmiths have not spared even Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
           
     




           
     

Lebanese may have lost homes, loved ones and livelihoods, but one thing they 
have not lost in the aftermath of the war is their legendary sense of humour.


Jokes helped them survive Israel's devastating military onslaught and are now 
making the post-war healing process a lot easier.
   
Anecdotes are to be found everywhere, in living rooms, text messages, 
television shows, emails and even blogs.

Amid sad stories about lost loved ones, destroyed homes and impoverished people 
who had to live in public schools, they joke about everything: Israelis, 
Americans, Arabs, but mostly they tell self-deprecating gags.
   
Three Hezbollah fighters run out of Beirut's southern suburbs after Israeli 
raids, flashing the victory sign. Actually, no. They were really pointing out 
that there were only two buildings left standing.
   
Why did rents go up in Ain el-Rummaneh district overlooking the southern 
suburbs? Because it has a sea view now!
   
Why are coquettish elderly Lebanese women very happy about the war? Because it 
took them back 30 years.
   
Why will Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah chief, win the Nobel Prize for 
education? Because he is the only man who sent one million people to school in 
just two days.

Sarcasm
      
Israel's systematic destruction of bridges in the offensive launched after 
Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers on July 12 has also been a source of 
inspiration.
   
Olmert sent a commando operation deep into Lebanon. Mission: Capture Lebanese 
diva Fairuz.
   
He insists on finding the only bridge he did not destroy: An imaginary bridge 
evoked for decades in a romantic Fairuz aria.
   
     
      The destruction has spawned 
      new Lebanese jokes
     
"On the bridge 'Lawziyeh' under the shade of the leaves," goes the song.
   
Early one day, a man rushes desperately to the dentist. "Please take out my 
bridge, or the Israelis will bomb it!"
   
Advertising agencies have also entered the game.
   
A gigantic black poster covers the entire side of a five-storey building: It 
shows the golden Johnnie Walker character with his top hat and waist coast 
blithely striding after leaping over a gap on a destroyed bridge.
  
Internet users are sharing a picture of Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of 
state, in the arms of Nasrallah in light summer clothes, standing under the 
shade of palm trees at a sandy beach.
   
It is a parody of the "Axe Effect" attraction campaign by the namesake 
deodorant brand.

Jokes are also abundant about the Arabs.
   
After Saudi Arabia decided to donate half a billion dollars to rebuild Lebanon, 
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, ordered the capture of six Israeli 
soldiers at the border.
   
Amid a mass evacuation of foreign nationals from Lebanon, Palestinian refugees 
who have been stranded in Lebanon for nearly 60 years are ecstatic: The 
Palestinian Authority has decided to evacuate its nationals as well.
   
But in a country that has repeatedly been invaded by Israel, the one joke 
everyone likes to tell remains:
   
An Israeli recently arrives at London's Heathrow airport. As he fills out a 
form, the customs officer asks him: "Occupation?"
   
The Israeli promptly replies: "No, just visiting!"


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