Every Friend's Joke


Every Friend's Joke


Frannie: Oh, I hate you, I'm pushing my Aunt Roz through Parrot Jungle and you're having sex!

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 07:49 PM PST

What is Parrot Jungle?

Monica is at work physically, but in her mind she is still thinking about last night with Paul. Frannie, the colleague, enters and stands next to Monica.


Monica: Hey Frannie, welcome back! How was Florida?

Frannie: You had sex, didn't you?

Monica: How do you do that?

Frannie: Oh, I hate you, I'm pushing my Aunt Roz through Parrot Jungle and you're having sex!


What is Parrot Jungle?

Parrot Jungle is a tourist attraction in Florida near Miami. It grew out of a small feed store for birds, where the owner Franz Scherr, held a few parrots on display.

To take a picture with five of parrots at a time was a postcard-like opportunity for tourists in Florida. You barely would miss it, even if you are a figure of high importance, like Churchill.

Parrot Jungle was built as a winding nature trail with birds 'flying freely' over the hears of the visitors. Since the path in Parrot Jungle was meant to be a bit tricky, Frannie must have had some trouble indeed 'pushing' her aunt through the attraction. Especially if the aunt was an elder woman and in a wheelchair, Frannie would need to push.

If there is a desire to visit Parrot Jungle sparked inside you, the attraction exists to this day. But you got to search for Jungle Island now. It got not only renamed in 2007, but also moved to a waterfront to formerly called Watson Island. You can even go to waterpark there!

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Paul: Last night was like,... the barn raising scene in Witness

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 03:12 AM PST

What is the barn raising scene in Witness?

Monica and Paul are saying goodbye at the door after their first night together. The evening before Paul has reviled to Monica his deep dark secret of not being able to perform sexually, ever since his wife left him. But this night everything worked again! Monica seems to heal Paul.


Paul: Thank you! Thank you so much!

Monica: Stop!

Paul: No, I'm telling you last night was like umm, all my birthdays, both graduations, plus the barn raising scene in Witness.

Why the barn scene in Witness is supposed to be a great analogy to Paul here? What is funny about this comparison?

The bran-raising scene comes from Witness a crime drama film from 1985. The movie is about a cop John Book, that takes on to protect a young Amish boy, who witnessed a murder, and his mom. John Book is played by a popular star of the 90-ies Harrison Ford. 

As a young adult, Paul must have been fascinated with Ford for over a decade. Harrison has stared in the series of big hero-movies at the time, such as Star Wars(1977), Blade Runner (1982), Indiana Jones (1981, 1984, 1989).
Since a boy and a mom originally are Amish, that is where John Book the character of Harrison Ford takes the two into hiding.
Amish community is very different in traditions, values and the pace of life from where John Book is coming from:

- John Book is a cop and deals with violence daily. Amish people do not accept violence in any from around them.

- John Book is single and busy with his individual life. Amish are valuing family time and community.

- John Book is detached from land and wrapped up in modern technology and benefits of civilization. Amish prefer to live simply and raise their own food, build their own homes, and solve conflicts within community.
When John Book settles among Amish, they naturally are suspicious of a newcomer. But as the movie goes, Amish people start to see John Book, even though different from them, but as a decent man.
The pinnacle of this trust raising comes along with symbolic barn-raising. It is a process in Amish life where everyone involved should work as a single organism. Harrison Ford's character fits right in!

In the goodbye scene with Monica, Paul metaphorically says, that last night he has had a chance to prove himself as a better man, than people thought him to be. Plus the analogy of erection. Sure thing. All together it is a joke that is great on many levels from very primal to a quite elevated and philosophical one.

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