April Laughter

These jokes were news in jampacked, preinvasion Britain:

P: A British soldier and a U.S. soldier were standing in Piccadilly Circus when a dilapidated car drove up. Said the Yank: "What a wreck! Do you know what we would do if a car like that drove up in Times Square?"

"Well," mused the Briton, "if you treated it as you treat everything else, you'd either drink it or kiss it." P: At 4 a.m. a Downing Street flunky rapped on Churchill's door, said that there was an urgent call for him. Churchill grumbled, finally went to the telephone and heard a familiar voice: "Winston, this is Joe. I am at Calais. You can come over now, it's safe."

P: An unknown artist drew a picture of a soldier in battle array and crusading posture with one arm flung up--his fingers had grown branches, his feet had taken root like a tree.

P: Four days running, Stalin looked out of the Kremlin windows and saw a comrade praying in Red Square. Finally Stalin called in the comrade, asked why he prayed. The comrade replied: "I am praying for the second front."

Stalin: "How much do they pay you?" The comrade: "Eleven rubles a week." Stalin said that he was underpaid. Said the prayerful Russian: "But you see, comrade, it's a permanent job."

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