Laughter is the Best Medicine

In all the turmoil of the Middle East, you have to hand it to the Lebanese that they can keep smiling and laughing. May Allah always keep them smiling in this life and in the aakhirah.

Three Hezbollah fighters run out of Beirut's southern suburbs after Israeli raids, flashing the victory sign. Actually, no. They were really pointing out that there were only two buildings left standing.


Why did rents go up in Ain el-Rummaneh district overlooking the southern suburbs? Because it has a sea view now!


Early one day, a man rushes desperately to the dentist. "Please take out my bridge, or the Israelis will bomb it!"


After Saudi Arabia decided to donate half a billion dollars to rebuild Lebanon, Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, ordered the capture of six Israeli soldiers at the border.


Amid a mass evacuation of foreign nationals from Lebanon, Palestinian refugees who have been stranded in Lebanon for nearly 60 years are ecstatic: The Palestinian Authority has decided to evacuate its nationals as well.


An Israeli recently arrives at London's Heathrow airport. As he fills out a form, the customs officer asks him: "Occupation?"

The Israeli promptly replies: "No, just visiting!"


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