Elder Jokes / Recent Jokes

Knowing that the minister was very fond of cherry brandy, one of the church elders offered to present him with a bottle on one consideration - that the pastor acknowledge receipt of the gift in the church paper. "Gladly," responded the good man. When the church magazine came out a few days later, the elder turned at once to the "appreciation" column. There he read: "The minister extends his thanks to Elder Brown for his gift of fruit and for the spirit in which it was given."

A young doctor moved out to a small community to replace the aging doctor there. The older doctor suggested that the younger doctor accompany him as he made his house calls so that the people of the community could become accustomed to him.
At the first house they visited, the younger doctor listened intently as the older doctor and an older lady discussed the weather, their grandchildren and the latest church bulletin.
After some time, the older doctor asked his patient how she had been feeling.
"I've been a little sick to my stomach," she replied.
"Well," said the older physician, "you've probably been over doing it a bit with the fresh fruit. Why don't you cut back on the amount of fresh fruit you eat and see if that helps."
As they left the house, the younger doctor asked how the older doctor had reached his diagnosis so quickly.
"You didn't even examine that woman," the younger doctor stated.
"I more...

When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, they did some astronaut training on a Navajo Indian reservation. One day, a Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old man, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question which his son translated. "What are these guys in the big suits doing?"

A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon. The old man got all excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts. Recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA folks found a tape recorder.

After the old man recorded his message, they asked the son to translate it. He refused. So the NASA reps brought the tape to the reservation where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed but refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.

Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. He reported that the moon message said, more...

One of the church elders, knowing how fond the minister was of cherry brandy, offered to present him with a bottle on one condition - the pastor would have to acknowledge receipt of the gift in the church paper.
"I will gladly do that," responded the pastor.
As soon as the next issue of the church magazine came out, the elder immediately turned to the 'appreciation' column. There he read: The minister extends his special thanks to Elder Jackson for his gift of fruit and for the spirit in which it was given."

The elder of two brothers hoeing in the fields went home first to prepare lunch. When the meal was ready, he loudly called his brother to come home. His brother shouted back, "I'll come back after hiding the hoes in the bushes beside the fields." During lunch, the elder said to the younger, "You know, where we hide our hoes is a secret. If you say it so loud like that someone will hear it and steal them." After lunch, the younger went to the field to continue his work. However, the hoes had been stolen. He rushed back and whispered to the elder, "The hoes have been stolen."