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Old 02-16-2010, 06:10 AM   #748
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Originally Posted by mores View Post
Actually, the Luxembourgers tell jokes about the Belgians.

Like this one:
A Belgian truck (=lorry) driver is stuck right in front of an overpass ... his trailer carrying an extra high load won't fit under the bridge, yet all that's missing is a centimeter.
A Luxembourger comes along and tells him to let the air out of his tires.
The Belgian replies "But it's at the top it won't fit, not at the bottom!"
I actully read it in ancient greek, and it was a "Cuman" joke more than 2000 years old...

It was about a Cuman who thought his slave was stealing wine from amphoras, and his greek friend told him to check if the slave made an hole in the bottom (amphoars were suspended at the ceiling) closing it with wax after the drinking...
The Cuman pointed out that the wine was missing from the top of the amphora, not the bottom....

Dating, IIRC, around 5th century B.C., it's really the oldest joke I know....
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