The Joke

RE: The Joke BY: [email] (Marty Hood)

Neither did I!

Chat Cat wrote in article ...

Actually, I thought it was kinda funny becuase they kept bringing it up.

It was exactly what Khan said it was--an old Bhuddist parable. The people of Arlen probably never heard such a thing before.

Marty Hood wrote:

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:21:53 -0400, "Craig R. Orr" wrote:

Actually the whole thing was a rip of the typical "Home Improvement" episode.

Show lead character has a problem with something slightly philosophical (Hank Hill/Tim Taylor)

Wise but weird neighbor (Kahn/Wilson) tells some parable or historical event to help lead character.

Lead character mangles the story when trying to use this new found knowledge (Hank & Bobby at end of episode)

The Well of Latis wrote:

That's the way I saw it plus the fact that the "native Texans" thought of Kahn's retelling of a Buddhist parable as a "joke".

I think I get it. You see when the guy trades in his dogs he.....OHHH you mean the tiger thing. umm. Well I guess it means that its the last thing he ever eats, before he dies. But 2 Tigers(football) could never kill a man. And the gatorade? I bet it was warm.

it's more of a philosophical story of life which sounded funny to folks of Arlen.