One alert reader, whom I fondly call Chief Osceola, brought a funny one to my attention.
John Hargrave created a project he calls “The Senator Prank,” in which he posed as a 10-year-old boy to ask each member of the Senate what their favorite jokes are.
A bi-partisan group of 15 senators wrote the “kid” back with a response, some (unprompted) even sent an autographed picture along with a nice reply. Most of the jokes were harmless jokes for a child (“Why does the pig have ink all over his face? Because it came out of the pen”), but two jumped out at me as odd.
First, Orrin Hatch replied with this knee-slapper:
“Learn from the mistakes of others — you can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
Is this a maxim? Sure. Could it be considered good advice? Certainly. But is this a joke? I don’t think so.
Second, Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum wrote back and said:
“Although a favorite joke doesn’t immediately come to mind, I do enjoy laughing.”
I’m sorry, but that guy is just creepy.