Empty-handed Jokes

Santa and Banta had not seen each other in many years. Now they had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by telling about their lives.
Finally Santa invited Banta to visit him in his new apartment. "I got a wife and two kids and I'd love to have you visit us."
Banta, "Great. Where do you live?"
Santa, "Here's the address. And there's plenty of parking behind the apartment. Park and come around to the front door, kick it open with your foot, go to the elevator and press the button with your left elbow, then enter! When you reach the sixth floor, go down the hall until you see my name on the door. Then press the doorbell with your right elbow and I'll let you in." "Good. But tell me...what is all this business of kicking the front door open, then pressing elevator buttons with my right, then my left elbow?", asks Banta.
"Surely, you're not coming empty-handed!"

The line in front of the Butcher shop in Warsaw is long,
indeed, and the people grow weary, ever more weary, of the wait.
Eventually an official comes out and announces "We are very low
on meat; all Jews must leave the line." So the Jews in the line
quit the queue and head for home, empty-handed.
After some more of a wait the same official reappears
and announces, "We are even lower on meat that we thought. All
non-party members must leave the line." So all the non-card-carrying
members standing in line begin heading for home, equally empty-handed.
After some more time the official appears to declare "All
Serbs and Croats must leave the line; we haven't enough meat for
you." Disappointed, they leave the line and wander off.
Well, you guessed it: a bit later the same official appears
and informs the remaining people "Unfortunately we have run out of
meat entirely - you may as well all go more...

The line in front of the Butcher shop in Warsaw is long, indeed, and the people
grow weary, ever more weary, of the wait. Eventually an official comes out and
announces "We are very low on meat; all Jews must leave the line." So the Jews
in the line quit the queue and head for home, empty-handed.
After some more of a wait the same official reappears and announces, "We are
even lower on meat that we thought. All non-party members must leave the
line." So all the non-card-carrying members standing in line begin heading for
home, equally empty-handed.
After some more time the official appears to declare "All Serbs and Croats must
leave the line; we haven't enough meat for you." Disappointed, they leave the
line and wander off.
Well, you guessed it: a bit later the same official appears and informs the
remaining people "Unfortunately we have run out of meat entirely - you may as
well all go more...