Delicious jokes: From Jeha, Abul Hosn, Khodja, Mollah Nasr Din, Jahan, Jourka…
Posted by: adonis49 on: July 13, 2013
Delicious jokes: From Jeha the Arab, Abul Hosn, Khodja the Turkish, Mullah Nasr Din of Iran, Jahan of Malta, Jourka of Sicily… Part 2
Almost every culture has its own Jeha, representing the common people attitudes and social behavior. These practical jokes and naïve adventure immortalize the spirit of the people.
The Arab Empire civilization had its Jeha, who probably was named Dujayn ibn Thabit Yarbu3i and was born in Basra from the tribe of Fazara.
Jeha was the contemporary of caliphs Abu Jaafar, Mahdi and Harun Rashid.
1. A man farted visiting Jeha and banged on the chair to tone down the sound of it. Jeha said “And what about the odor?”
2. Jeha’s mother-in-law was carried away in the river current. Jeha ascended to the source saying “I know her pretty well: She is of the contrarian kind“
3. Jeha is taking a night walk “I am looking for my sleep”
4. Jeha’s two spouses are harassing him “Who do you love best? If we were drowning, who will you save first…?” Jeha looked at his oldest wife and said “You can swim. Can’t you?”
5. Jeha bought a dead hawk for a single dinar “It would cost me 100 dinars if it were alive”
6. “How the moon is pretty. Particularly at night”
7. The helper hawking Jeha’s bag of flour run away with the bag. Jeha saw the helper the next day and hides from him “I didn’t want him to remind me to pay for his services“
8. The dead man woke up in the coffin and said to Jeha “I am alive”, and Jeha to reply “And you want me to believe you, while everyone else believe otherwise?”
9. “The moon is more useful than the sun: It illuminates the nights“
10. Jeha bought 2 kilos of meat and was expecting a delicious supper when back home. The wife said: “The cat ate the meat”. Jeha weighted the cat and finds it unchanged. Jeha says: “I got 2 kilos. Where is the cat“
11. Jeha maintained that he was 40 years old, no matter how older he got “A well bred person never recant on his word”
12. Two complained to jeha separately and told each one: “I give you reason”. Jeha’s wife was obfuscated and treated him of hypocrisy. Jeha replied “And you wife, I give you reason too”
13.Jeha was invited to dinner and arrived in tattered garment. He was kicked out. Jeha returned wearing his best attire and was welcomed. Sitting to eat, Jeha advanced his right sleeve to the dish saying: “Eat. You are the one welcomed here“
14. A beggar knocked at jeha’s door saying “I am God’s host” Jeha led the beggar to the nearest Mosque and said: “Buddy, you had lost your way and forgot the address.”
15. Jeha misplaced his hatch in the forest and the night was not helping find his tool. He paid a visit to the shrine of saint Abdel Qadir al Jilani, known to aid people find misplaced items. “Let me find my hatch and I’ll contribute 20 dinars to your shrine” Jeha recovered his hatch and returned to the shrine “Now, help me find the 20 dinars…”
Note: An extract from the French book “The Book of Arab Humor” by Jean-Jacques Schmidt
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