Great Regulars: This leaves [Adam] Biro in a defensive stance,

and defensiveness is not funny. Under the title "Of Strength (of Conviction)," Biro tells a joke about a bartender who bets customers $100 that no one can get a single drop from a lemon he has squeezed. Bodybuilders and tough guys take the bet and lose; then a scrawny fellow grabs the lemon and squeezes six more drops from it. Amazed, the bartender asks, "Who are you sir? What is your profession that it gives you so much strength? How were you able to extract several drops from a totally dry lemon?" To which the man responds, "I am a fundraiser for the United Jewish Appeal."

I think that any Jewish audience would not only get the joke but find it rather flattering.

from Adam Kirsch: Tablet: Dark Humor

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