A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."
Have been reminiscing with my old mum this lunchtime. Mum's in her late eighties and can't leave the house any longer, but she's got all her marbles & can moan for England.
We got around to talking about Max Miller & how her mum, my grandma, was vehemently against his humour, which of course what Miller played upon with his acts.
I've just read one of his jokes & thought I'd share it on here because I think it's still worthwhile, especially when you place it on the backdrop of the 40's & 50's music hall audiences.
'I said to my father: "Dad, I want to get married." He said: "Alright son, who do you want to marry?" I said: "I'd like to marry Miss Green". He said: "You can't". I said: "Why not?" He said: "She's your half-sister. When I was a lad I had a bike and I got around a bit." I said: "Alright, I'll marry Miss White." He said: "You can't, she's your half-sister. Forget about it." Well, I was a bit despondent and I walked around and my mum said to me: "What's wrong with you?" I said: "Well, I said to Dad I wanted to marry Miss Green and he said I couldn't because she's my half-sister. I said, "All right, I'll marry Miss White." He said: 'You can't, she's your half-sister." She said: "Look, you go and marry which one you like. He's not your father anyway!"
