Is the Pope Catholic?

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The object of this game is too think of an alternative to the two sibling cliche' expressions: "Is the Pope Catholic", and "Does a bear...uhhh.. do business in the woods?"

I'll start.

Is a beer can on the bottom of the Marianna's Trench wet?


( The marinna's trench is the deepest part of the ocean in case you dont know).

Um, the Coptic Church of Egypt has a pope. So no, not all popes are Catholic.

This is not gonna work.

Lotuspuppy- thats about the most clueless thing Ive ever read!

But it okay. Its all MY fault, not yours, because I didnt take time passage into account, and I didnt realize how generation-dependent the joke is.

The two expressions were big in the seventies and eighties, but I guess you dont hear them much now- so there is no reason for you to get the joke.



Let me explain.

Lets say we are back in the eighties, and that you were an extreme Trekkie, and collected every toy and poster and video to do with star trek.

If some stranger asked "do you like star trek?" you would then exclaim "Is the Pope Catholic?" to express super duper affirmation of your addiction to all things Star Trek. Presumably no one is more immersed in Roman Catholicims than the Pope (the one in rome)- so - get it?

Likewise, if we were back in the eighties, you migh alternatively say "does a bear (s-word) in the woods?" to mean the same thing.

Get it?

How about, "If someone wanted you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?"

or better yet, if the drill instructor yells jump, you respond "How high?" or if he yells "S@@@", you respond "What color, consistency, and where do you want it?"

Apologies to anyone who was offended.

I have one.

Does a one legged Duck swim in a circle?