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No-Knock Jokes

Brian Doherty | 6.18.2006 4:09 PM

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John Derbyshire over at National Review's The Corner blog comes up with a couple of Hudson-inspired no-knock jokes. The first one actually made me laugh--your mileage may vary.

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Brian Doherty was a senior editor at Reason and author of Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired (Broadside Books).

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  1. kwais   20 years ago

    relates to the drug war listed below. I guess there could be a reason for a no-knock warrant without the drug war, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.

  2. happyjuggler0   20 years ago

    My mileage varied. Thanks for the thought though.

    Here's mine:

    Knock Knock.

    Who's there?

    The Police.

    Oh c'mon, everyone knows the police don't knock. Who's really there?

    ----Ok, so that one's not funny either.----

  3. kwais   20 years ago

    I liked juggler's no knock joke better than the NRO ones, you should submit it.

  4. thoreau   20 years ago

    Police don't knock. But every breath you take, every move you make, they'll be watching you.

  5. Pete Guither   20 years ago

    Knock, Knock

    Who's there?

    Coroner.

    Coroner who?

    Coroner who's been brought in now that the police are done surprising you.

  6. robert   20 years ago

    here's the no knock joke

    click: GET ON THE GROUND! GET ON THE GROUND! HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE 'EM

    AAAaaagh!

    SHUTUP! GET ON THE GROUND! HANDS BEHIND YER HEAD!

    AAAaaagh! what the... ugh.

  7. Marcvs   20 years ago

    With full government surveillance this wouldn't be a problem at all. They would just know whether or not you are breaking the law.

    I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

  8. Nowhere Man   20 years ago

    No knock!

    Who's not there?

  9. crimethink   20 years ago

    The first one is just stupid. If anything, I'd be less enthusiastic about having a handgun ready on my nightstand if I knew that the thugs bursting into my home at midnight might be cops.

    Not that I have any respect for thuggish cops, but I really don't relish being treated as a cop killa.

  10. TWC   20 years ago

    Sorry Juggs, that WAS funny.

    Now I'm off to the beach for a drink and some jazz.

  11. Ruthless   20 years ago

    Second TWC, Juggs.
    heh heh

  12. Jacob   20 years ago

    HappyJuggler, this is slightly more snappy:

    Knock knock

    Who's there?

    Not the police.

  13. bleeding eyeballs   20 years ago

    sweet haploid jesus, can you people do something about that ghastly picture of coulter on the left there? i'm about to blow chunks here.

  14. Marcvs   20 years ago

    In a strange turn of events, SCOTUS overturns their previous ruling and lays out the new procedure for entering a suspect's home:

    Woman: [not opening the door] Yes?

    Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Arlsburgerhhh?

    Woman: What?

    Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Johannesburrrr?

    Woman: Who is it?

    Voice: [pause] Flowers.

    Woman: Flowers? From whom?

    Voice: [long pause] Plumber, ma'am.

    Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you?

    Voice: [pause] Candygram.

    Woman: Candygram, my foot. Get out of here before I call the proper authorities. You're the shark, and you know it.

    Voice: I'm only a harmless dolphin...

    Woman: A dolphin? Well...okay. [opens door]

    [ she opens the door, as the shark pulls her screaming into the hallway ]

    (courtesy: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75djaws2.phtml)

  15. whit   20 years ago

    knock knock
    who's there?
    "telegram"
    "land shark"
    "delivery"
    um...

  16. Larry A   20 years ago

    Crash!

    "What the"

    Flashbang!

    "heck?"

    "Woof woof."

    "DOG!" PowPowPowPowPow! "DOG CLEARED!"

    "Hey, you shot my"

    "GET DOWN!/FREEZE!/I SAID GET DOWN!/I SAID FREEZE!" PowPowPowPowPow! "PERP CLEARED!"

    "Daddy?"

    PowPowPowPowPow! "Wait!/PERP CLEARED!"

    "There wasn't supposed to be a kid."

    "Uh. The warrant says West Apple St."

    "Oops."

  17. cgee   20 years ago

    bleeding eyeballs, try Firefox with the AdBlock extension, and block that Coulter image permanently!

  18. Stevo Darkly   20 years ago

    - No knock.

    - Who's there?

    - Not your dog anymore!

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