Signs Your Amish Teen's In Trouble

[Neil D]

10. Sometimes stays in bed till after 6 am.

9. In his sock drawer, you find pictures of women without bonnets.

8. Shows up at barn raisings in full "Kiss" makeup.

7. When you criticize him, he yells, "Thou sucketh!"

6. His name is Jebediah, but he goes by "Jeb Daddy."

5. Defiantly says, "If I had a radio, I'd listen to disco!."

4. You come upon his secret stash of colorful socks.

3. Uses slang expression: "Talk to the hand, cause the beard ain't listening."

2. Was recently pulled over for "driving under the influence of cottage cheese."

1. He's wearing his big black hat backwards.

[cricket]

Does anyone but me think that these kind of jokes are in bad taste? They certainly leave a bad taste in my mouth.

[Nan]

This is not a comment either on the joke or the reply - I wonder if groups such as the Amish do laugh at themselves. There have been times when we as Adventists have been able to see how unusual - and hence humorous - some of our practices must seem to those not 'in' the group.

[cricket]

The ability to laugh at one's self is important. Laughing at others is not so good.

[Nicodema]

Laughing together WITH others is best, though.