Flag Jokes / Recent Jokes
Bobby Knight, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded IU flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity, Bobby," said God. "This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."Bobby felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house. On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a three-story mansion with a black and gold sidewalk, 50-foot tall flagpole with an enormous Purdue flag and, in every window, a Boilermaker logo.Bobby looked at God and said "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was a good coach, I won 3 NCAA titles, 600+ games and I even went to the hall of fame. Sowhy does Gene Keady get a better house than me?"God chuckled, and said "Bobby, that's not Gene Keady's house, it's mine!"
(Baseball humor, for those out there who are Non-Cub fans.)
In 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Since then:
Radio was invented.
Four states were admitted to the Union.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Television was invented.
The U.S. went through the Great Depression.
The U.S. participated in two world wars and two major armed
conflicts, Korea and Vietnam.
The NFL was founded.
Man landed on the moon.
Thirteen presidents were elected and one was appointed.
Harry Carey was born.
Wrigley Field was built and became the oldest baseball park
in the National League.
Five flag poles, erected at Wrigley Field for the purpose of
holding a World Series flag, have worn out and been replaced
without ever holding a pennant.
Lights were installed at twenty-five major league baseball
stadiums-except Wrigley Field.
Ten teams were added to the major leagues.
Halley's Comet passed the more...
A Dutch visitor to the States was chatting with an American friend and was jokingly explaining about the Red, White and Blue of Netherland's Flag:
"You see, Our flag symbolises our taxes," he said. "We get red when we talk about them, white when we get our tax bill, and blue after we pay them."
"Hey, That's the same with us," replied the American, "only we see stars too..."
The colonel had three Second Lieutenants eligible for promotion. The problem was, he only had one First Lieutenant Slot available.
The colonel called the first candidate his office and said, "This is a promotion test. If I was to tell you that I wanted a flag pole erected in front of Post HQ by 1500, what would you do?"
The Lt. thought about it for a second, and said, "Sir. I would get a shovel, head for HQ and start digging. "
"You're not ready to be promoted," the Colonel interrupted.
The colonel asked the same question of the next candidate.
"Sir," said the next Lt., "I would fill out a CE work order, making sure I made provisions for the appropriate environmental study and... "
"You are definitely not ready to be promoted," the Colonel said.
The Colonel asked the question of the final candidate.
Without hesitation, the Lieutenant said, "Sir. I would call the First Sergeant, and say, more...
Q. What does it mean when the flag is at half mast at the post office?
A. They're hiring.
What does it mean when the flag at thePost Office is flying at half mast? They're hiring.