A new Army Captain was assigned to an outfit in a remote post in the Afghanistan Desert. During his first inspection of the outfit, he noticed a camel hitched up behind the mess tent.
 
He asks their Sergeant why the camel is kept there.The nervous sergeant said, 'Well sir, as you know, there are 250 men here on the post and no women, and sir, sometimes the men have urges. That's why we have Molly The Camel.'
 
The Captain says, 'I can't say that I condone this, but I understand about urges, so the camel can stay.'
 
About a month later, the Captain starts having his own urges. Crazy with passion, he asks the Sergeant to bring the camel to his tent. Putting a ladder behind the camel, the Captain stands on the ladder, pulls his pants down and has wild, insane sex with the camel. When he's done, he asks the Sergeant, 'Is that how the men do it?'

'No, not really, sir. They usually just ride the camel into town where the girls are.'

We must guard our words

Obscenity: The Apostle Paul moves from immoral conduct to immoral speech, forbidding us to joke about that which is immoral or inappropriate. Obscenity is a general term for impure conversation, the Greek referring to that which is ugly. Our English comes from the Latin theater term meaning "offstage." Whenever we speak of things which are done in private, that is obscene; it is done off stage and our language should not drag it out in public. It is obscene to watch a movie of even a married couple making love, for that which is beautiful in private is not meant for voyeuristic entertainment.

Foolish talk: Literally this means "moronic words." It involves more than just stupidity, but often referred to foolish speech focusing on sexual matters. Aristotle used this term to describe uneducated humor. This is the scatological humor prevalent in those movies directed at teen boys; this is Bevis and Butthead where everything is sexually charged.

Coarse joking: The English translations here miss the nuance of this term. The word (eutrapelia) means well-turned, that is, a witticism, a pun. In ancient Greek times this word applied specifically to the double entendres, the cleaver off-color phrase, the veiled sexual reference. Whereas Aristotle said foolish talk was lowbrow bathroom humor, skill in this form of humor was a virtue; it was the "educated" humor. But no matter what term is placed on it, Paul is clear that humor which demeans our sexuality, which turns what God has called good into a joke, is not allowed. Coarse joking is not the blue comic of the nightclub, but Jay Leno, able with a wink and sly laugh to say far more than is said. This is high class dirty talk. It is joking so clever that many may laugh in spite of themselves.

Paul is not putting the brakes on humor; he is not commanding us to be wet-blankets. There is certainly room for humor in Christian conversation. A command of language allows us to communicate with humor, but there are limits on what we should speak of humorously. These three words point to a dirty mind expressing itself in dirty conversation. Paul seems to be concerned mainly about two related errors: treating things as gross or treating things as trivial: filthiness and flippancy. When our actions are chaste, but our humor is raunchy, we are not taking sin seriously. Even more, we are demeaning what is wonderful. We lower that which is lofty and raise that which is lowly.

great jokes Spud..keep them coming. A little trivia about this, is that it was the inspiration for the hymn, " O camel ye faithful, joyful and acceptant". Those might not be the exact words, but it's what i used to sing to make the time pass when i was forced to endure religion at school.
O camel, let us adore you,
O camel, let us adore you,
christ you're adored.

A Russian couple were walking down the street in Moscow one night, when the man felt a drop hit his nose.
''I think it's raining'', he said to his wife. ''No, that felt more like snow to me'', she replied.
''No, I'm sure it was just rain'', he said.
Well, as these things go, they were about to have a major argument about whether it was raining or snowing when they saw a communist party official walking toward them.
''Let's not fight about it'', the man said, ''Let's ask Comrade Rudolph whether it's officially raining or snowing''.
As the official approached, the man said, ''Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it officially raining or snowing?''
''It's raining, of course'', he replied, and walked on.
But the woman insisted: ''I know that felt like snow!'' To which the man quietly replied:
''Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear''

 
Love it Paz!!! It reminds me of the (real) one when Caledonian Thistle (a Scottish soccer team nicknamed Cally) beat Celtic. The sports headline writers came up with "Super Cally Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious".