Delicate Jokes

Have you ever performed one of these delicate brain operations before?" asked the patient, as a nurse prepared to put him under an anesthetic.
"Oh, yeah," said the man in white standing over him, "nothing to it." "It's funny," said the patient, "but you look exactly like a bartender who works in a bowling alley where I bowl every Thursday night."
"I am," said the fellow with a smile, "but I'm also a man who thinks for himself."

A delicate young man walked into an army recruiting office.
After answering numerous questions, he was finally asked if he was a homosexual. The guy admitted that he was.
"Gay, huh?" the brawny recruiter growled. "Do you think you could kill a man?"
"My, yes," the man giggled, "but it would take me a day or two."

Four linguists were sharing a compartment on a train on their way to an international conference on sound symbolism. One was English, one Spanish, one French and the fourth German. They got into a discussion on whose language was the most eloquent and euphonious.
The English linguist said: "Why, English is the most eloquent language. Take for instance the word "butterfly". Butterfly, butterfly... doesn't that word so beautifully express the way this delicate insect flies. It's like flutter-by, flutter-by." "Oh, no!" said the Spanish linguist, "the word for "butterfly" in Spanish is "maripose". Now, this word expresses so beautifully the vibrant colours on the butterfly's wings. What could be a more apt name for such a brilliant creature? Spanish is the most eloquent language!" "Papillon!" says the French linguist, "papillon! This word expresses the fragility of the butterfly's wings and body. This is the more...

Four linguists were sharing a compartment on a train on their way to an international conference on sound symbolism.
One was English, one Spanish, one French and the fourth German. They got into a discussion on whose
language was the most eloquent and euphonious.
The English linguist said: "Why, English is the most eloquent language. Take for instance the word "butterfly". Butterfly, butterfly... doesn't that word so beautifully express the way this delicate insect flies. It's like flutter-by, flutter-by."
"Oh, no!" said the Spanish linguist, "the word for "butterfly" in Spanish is "maripose". Now, this word expresses so beautifully the vibrant colours on the butterfly's wings. What could be a more apt name for such a brilliant creature? Spanish is the most eloquent language!"
"Papillon!" says the French linguist, "papillon! This word expresses the fragility of the butterfly's wings and more...