After five years of toil at a Wall Street law firm, an associate was burning the midnight oil at his office. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a tower of smoke burst from the floor. Satan stepped out of the smoke, and addressed the lawyer:"I understand you'd give absolutely anything to make partner," said the devil, "So I've come here to make you an offer. I'll make you a partner, but in return I will take the souls of your wife, your parents, your children, your grandchildren, and all of your friends."
The lawyer looked strangely puzzled, and thought hard for several minutes. Finally, he turned to Satan and asked, "What's the catch?". Here is another joke reported by agency AFP and BBC:
'Lawyers Without Shackles' filed a complaint with Egypt's prosecutor general after the collection of folk tales was republished.
They called for the new edition to be pulped and the stories to be banned. They catalogued several references to sex in the book and said they were "calls to sin".
Arabian Nights, also known as The 1,001 Nights, is a centuries-old collection of Arabic and south Asian folk tales.
It includes the stories Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Click here for a possible punch line.
(Post scriptum: I do not know whether this is the same bunch of fanatics who convinced Egyptian authorities to cancel a concert of the tired & tiring Elton John originally planned to take place in May but if they clearly have no good taste for literature and for sins, those traditionalists have a better hear for music than all of the neighbours I have had for decades in Europe. Lucky Egyptians.)
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