Winter 2008 - The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
Winter 2008 - The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
Winter 2008 - The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Volume LXXXII <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Issue Two<br />
Editors-in-Chief:<br />
Alexander G. King WASP, ‘08<br />
Rahul M. Sharodi Indian, ‘07<br />
Executive Editor:<br />
Johnny McNulty Irish, ‘07.5<br />
Managing Editors:<br />
Kevin Kimura Asian, ‘08<br />
Jon Weinblatt Jewish, ‘08<br />
Jotham Klein Jewish, ‘10<br />
Alex Jacobson White, ‘10<br />
Associate Editors:<br />
Rish Chaudhuri Indian, ‘09<br />
Walker Hawkins Jewish, ‘10<br />
Matt Bloch White, ‘11<br />
Shai Nir White, ‘11<br />
Kelly Dolor Black, ‘11<br />
Will Hayes White, ‘11<br />
Don’t blame us, we’re<br />
OurEthnically Diverse Editorial Staff<br />
SAC is the man! I mean, not like "you da<br />
man," but like, <strong>The</strong> Man that's keeping us<br />
down. SAC, or 'Babylon,' is the committee<br />
responsible for handing out money. We were<br />
offended that only White Protestant Men are<br />
allowed on the board, but it let us get an<br />
Editor-in-Chief elected so we let it pass. But<br />
still, naming it the Supreme Aryan Council<br />
seems a little much. Crackers.<br />
Queen of all Layout:<br />
Jana Hirsch Jewish, ‘10<br />
Spoons:<br />
Shelby Prindaville White, ‘08<br />
John Bninski Polish, ‘09<br />
Shane Tepper White ‘09<br />
Sri Kothur Indian, ‘09<br />
Anya Mezina White, ‘09<br />
Steve Lovejoy White, ‘10<br />
Tatiana Aparicio Latina, ‘10<br />
Chris Kemendo White, ‘10<br />
Agnes Nam Asian, ‘11<br />
Alex Marcus White, ‘11<br />
Emerson Brooking White, ‘11<br />
Maureen Devenny White, ‘11<br />
Greg Marvin White, ‘11<br />
Ben Grinberg White, ‘11<br />
Karla Forjoe Black, ‘11<br />
Kelsey Colgan Canadian, ‘11<br />
Brian Brauntuch White, ‘11<br />
Logan Steinhardt White, ‘11<br />
Lauren Kapsalakis Greek, ‘11<br />
Matt Newberg White, ‘11<br />
Mo Shahin Egyptian, ‘11<br />
Nia Crosley Black, ‘11<br />
Drew Rizzo White, ‘11<br />
Greg Rollman White, ‘11<br />
Sammy Kim Asian, ‘11<br />
Talia Lev White, ‘11<br />
Steve Tsai Asian, ‘11<br />
Zach Saltman White, ‘11<br />
Yiyi Zhou Asian, ‘11<br />
Sean Mahoney White, ‘11<br />
Tanya Bogin White, ‘11<br />
<strong>Punch</strong> would like to thank $AC, Smoke’s, Greek<br />
Lady, our generous alums, the 400 and Joe Luchtan<br />
and Penn Dhamaka for lending us ethnic-y costumes.<br />
Heretofore notwithstanding: Alright, we kinda<br />
push the envelope a little hard in this issue. But don't<br />
worry, only a few members of <strong>Punch</strong> <strong>Bowl</strong>'s staff are<br />
actually racist; the rest are just Republican. Everyone<br />
can have a laugh at their own expense, but if you<br />
can't, congratulations: you're a racist. And if you still<br />
find yourself offended, just imagine us standing over<br />
your shoulder going "Oh yeah, we went there!" after<br />
every joke.<br />
©<strong>Punch</strong>bowl <strong>2008</strong>. Seriously, it’s copywrited. We’re<br />
looking at you, <strong>The</strong> Onion.
Letter From<br />
<strong>The</strong> President<br />
Sup Dawgs!<br />
When <strong>Punch</strong> <strong>Bowl</strong> asked me to write the opening letter for their diversity<br />
issue, I was delighted. A lot of people (like seriously a lot) tell me I'm<br />
not a racist. "Amy," they tell me, "you're not a racist." People tell me that<br />
because I understand not everyone is white, and also because I pay them.<br />
No one is more understanding than me, because I've made myself committed<br />
to learning about these non-white people. Sometimes, I make<br />
friends with people because they aren't white. If that's not not racist, I don't<br />
what is.<br />
I wasn't always so great though. When I was Provost of Princeton, I<br />
never once had to deal with minorities. <strong>The</strong> faculty was white, the students<br />
were white, hell, even the minorities were white (did you know they started<br />
letting in Catholics lolz). But I've learned a lot since then, like that it<br />
isn't polite to stare at a minority. Or point. Or giggle while whispering to<br />
your assistant. Oh the things you learn. Being at Penn has taught me so much about those unfortunate<br />
people who aren't white. Like, that Jewish Guilt has nothing to do with having killed Christ(!), or<br />
that Farrakhan isn't the name of a Pokémon. But like Pokémon, minorities are meant to be collected,<br />
sold, and evolved during battle using energy cards (just ask my gardener Juan, aka Blastoise).<br />
But while it's fun to have your help battle for your twelve-year-old's amusement, racism is bad (or<br />
so my speechwriters tell me). In general, we shouldn't generalize, because not all stereotypes are true.<br />
I mean, even though people say Jewish people can't dance, that's not true, because the ones I've<br />
hooked up with DEF had some moves (call me, Rabbi Steinbergstein!). And even though Asians are<br />
short and speak funny languages, they still know kung fu.<br />
I even learned racism isn't always about race (lol, I know, I know). But seriously, there are other<br />
kinds. Like take gay people for instance. <strong>The</strong>y face discrimination like all the time. I love gay people<br />
though, I totally understand them. Well, lesbians at least, cause if I was a chick, I'd be into me too.<br />
But gay guys… I dunno. If I was a guy I'd still be into me, but like, me as a girl. Not me as a guy. You<br />
know what I mean.<br />
So in conclusion, diversity is awesome. It allows people like you and me to understand other cultures,<br />
and helps us forget about our horribly, horribly racist ancestors. And don't even get me started<br />
on all the different types of porn! But now my assistants are telling me that I can't conclude on a sentence<br />
about porn (wtf), so I'll leave you with this: We already have your money, so at least pretend you’re<br />
not racist. Byeee!<br />
Seriously not a racist,<br />
Amy Gutmann<br />
If You Like Our Magazine, Check Out Our Website:<br />
www.<strong>The</strong><strong>Punch</strong><strong>Bowl</strong>.net<br />
It’s updated daily with content from our writers, and it has past issues of the magazine too<br />
PUNCHBOWL 3 Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong> ‘08
PUNCHBOWL 4 Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong>, ‘08
GREAT MOMENTS IN DIVERSITY HISTORY<br />
10,000 BC: First White Man<br />
Archaeologists recently were surprised to find what is thought to<br />
be the earliest specimen of Homo Albus. <strong>The</strong> remains were found<br />
in a tigerskin polo shirt and with a rudimentary golf club.<br />
Through cave paintings nearby, the archaeologists deciphered<br />
his probable life story. <strong>The</strong> man, "Og Frederick Thurston III"<br />
discovered he was different from his peers when dancing around<br />
the fire, he found himself ridiculed by his brethren. Unable to<br />
compete in hunting and gathering, he instead founded a country<br />
club and excluded everyone else.<br />
1880: Opening of the First Indian Casino<br />
After watching Dances With Wolves, Native Americans realize<br />
that hunting buffalo is not a viable long-term fiscal strategy.<br />
Taking advantage of economic irrationality of the white man<br />
and the synergy between their natural affinity for alcohol and the<br />
gaming industry, American Indians opened their first casino in<br />
1880. <strong>The</strong>y took a piece of god-forsaken wasteland and turned<br />
it into a god-less roulette-filled wasteland. <strong>The</strong>y realized they<br />
could finally give whitey a taste of his own medicine by taking<br />
his money instead of his STDs. However, whites still took their<br />
women, self-respect, baseball team, and their lives in the United<br />
States…but you have to start somewhere.<br />
1. Which race is your ideal partner<br />
a) White-Asian mix<br />
b) White-White mix<br />
c) Asian-aZn mix<br />
d) White Shiksa<br />
2. Favorite Movie Quote<br />
a) "Toga Toga Toga"-Animal House<br />
b) "<strong>The</strong>y are the enemy"-Malcom X<br />
c) "It's 40%. Well, 40 over 120 equals X<br />
over 100 and then you cross-multiply and<br />
get the value of X"-Mean Girls<br />
d) "You're what Grammy Hall would call<br />
a real Jew"-Annie Hall<br />
3. Favorite Scapegoat<br />
a) Blacks, Democrats, Poor Whites.<br />
b) Slavery, Poverty, George W. Bush.<br />
c) Humble Endowment.<br />
d) <strong>The</strong>re are other scapegoats<br />
4. Which instrument do you play<br />
a) Guitar …Hero.<br />
b) Disses, Rhymes and Bitches.<br />
c) Anything… that is piano or violin.<br />
d) Shofar.<br />
5. What website do you visit most often<br />
a) Asian Porn<br />
b) Porn<br />
c) Asian Porn<br />
1919: First Token/Minority sidekick<br />
Obviously, since they can't sustain a film alone. minorities finally<br />
realized that the only way to break into Hollywood was to be<br />
the bumbling idiot at the beck and call of the white hero. <strong>The</strong><br />
first minority was Charlie Chaplin's mulatto brother, D'Charlie<br />
in his iconic role, Negro Stable Hand #2. He first appeared in<br />
the 1919 silent classic, <strong>The</strong> Furious Irishman, and delivered the<br />
immortal title card which set the tone for minority sidekucks in<br />
the 20th Century: "Oh no, mister! That's not a gelding, that's a<br />
lady! Damn!"<br />
1960: A Penn student discovered the distinction between an<br />
Indian from India and an Indian from indigenous America after<br />
ordering maize and buffalo at New Delhi.<br />
1972: <strong>The</strong> Founding of Du Bois House<br />
In a spectacular reversal of Brown vs. Board of Education, several<br />
black students at Penn petition the courts for their own residence<br />
because "white people are crazy as hell." Sick of hearing<br />
Dave Matthews Band and watching awkward renditions of the<br />
"Souljah Boy dance," they realized they needed their own space<br />
on campus, separate but equal from Gregory House.<br />
Last Week: Gaysian-American male succeeds with first "converted"<br />
blacked-out Sigma Nu brother.<br />
FIND YOUR TRUE RACE QUIZ<br />
d) <strong>The</strong>Economist.com<br />
e) <strong>The</strong><strong>Punch</strong>bowl.net<br />
6. If you could break one rule, what<br />
would it be<br />
a) Killing the wife.<br />
b) Talking in movie theatres.<br />
c) Dividing by zero.<br />
d) Bejewling my yarmulke.<br />
7. What is your ideal job<br />
a) Professional golfer.<br />
b) Professional golf caddie. (sorry Tiger).<br />
c) Male protagonist in movie.<br />
d) Alan Greenspan.<br />
8. How would you name your kids<br />
a) As long as they can get into the country<br />
club<br />
b) only after rearranging letters and altering<br />
the number of syllables<br />
c) dropping forks down the stairs<br />
d) after Alan Greenspan<br />
9. What was your childhood dream<br />
a) To be president<br />
b) To be judged by the contents of my<br />
ipod<br />
c) Consult fortune cookie<br />
d) To open not-Chanukah presents on<br />
Christmas morning<br />
<strong>The</strong> Results!<br />
Mostly As = White: You oppress everyone<br />
else despite loving their music and<br />
paying $150 to copy their skin color. But<br />
on the plus side, you own everything, so<br />
feel free to walk through your people's<br />
cities. But not at night, because that's when<br />
they come out.<br />
Mostly Bs = Black: You've got more soul<br />
than anyone, but it was acquired through<br />
400 years of oppression. Bummer. But<br />
hey, once you rise up and take down <strong>The</strong><br />
Man, you could be the world's first<br />
Chabillionaire.<br />
Mostly Cs = Asian: <strong>The</strong>re are more of<br />
you than anybody in the world, but here in<br />
America you're just known as that chick<br />
with the sideways vagina.<br />
Mostly Ds = Jew: You're just like regular<br />
white people, except they hate you for<br />
killing the Son of God. You control the<br />
media, the financial markets, and pretty<br />
much anything that somebody hates.You<br />
find comfort in your people's homeland of<br />
New Jersey.
HOW TO THROW A MULTICULTURAL PARTY<br />
Throwing a party can be exciting. But when deciding upon how to organize it, one must be careful to make everyone feel welcome, even the Irish.<br />
Here are some ways to run a party without receiving a call from the ACLU the next day:<br />
Have Diverse Food for Diversity Guests<br />
Any veteran party scholar knows that the most diverse food is of<br />
the "dippable" variety: for Mexicans, chips and salsa. For Middle<br />
Easterners, pita and hummus. For the French or people from the<br />
1970s, you can offer fondue. But to make everyone comfortable<br />
and create a metaphor for intercultural harmony, you can mix all the<br />
dips together! As for deserts, a classic race gap bridging morsel is<br />
the half-and-half chocolate/vanilla cookie. To accommodate more<br />
diversity, however, tenth-and-tenth-and-tenth-and-tenth-and-tenthand-tenth-and-tenth-and-tenth-and-tenth-and-tenth<br />
cookies may<br />
be more appropriate.<br />
Use Decorations that Will Appeal to Everyone<br />
National flags are passé and you'll inevitably leave someone out.<br />
Consider instead multi-purpose decorations. For instance: Asian<br />
people feel most at home when you have paper lanterns around;<br />
but slip some candy inside, and they can double as piñatas! A few<br />
carefully-arranged flowers at the base can turn a hookah into a<br />
delightful centerpiece for practically any occasion. Afro-Caribbean<br />
witch doctors appreciate seeing the shrunken heads of their enemies,<br />
and Klansmen like seeing dead darkies.<br />
Pay Attention to Seating Arrangements<br />
A good host makes a seating arrangement that will maximize fun<br />
social interactions while minimizing awkwardness. <strong>The</strong> Japanese,<br />
for instance, probably shouldn't be put next to the Koreans after<br />
WWII; the same goes for the Germans and anyone. Perhaps you<br />
might want to put the Samoans between them because they are<br />
wide. Also, you should separate the Bloods and Crips because while<br />
the Bloods donate their philanthropic funds to the Metropolitan<br />
Opera, the Crips prefer to direct their patronage of the arts towards<br />
to the Civic Opera, which leads to some uncomfortable silences. By<br />
all means seat the Jews next to all your Arab guests; they're quite<br />
used to it.<br />
Be Sure to Include Party Favors<br />
<strong>The</strong> inclusion of party favors is a particularly delicate issue, as a<br />
group will feel lasting resentment if they do not receive a favorable<br />
gift, and the last thing needed is another ethnic cleansing against a<br />
more favored gift group. Assault rifles are always a good choice for<br />
African children, and lend an implicit (but non-binding) statement<br />
of support to any militant group. White people will be pleasantly<br />
surprised to find a jovial black friend included, and a malaria vaccine<br />
should delight any South American party-goers. And finally,<br />
finger traps should satisfy -or at least incapacitate- the Chinese.<br />
Some Fun Party Activity Ideas<br />
It's also important to have some fun culturally-appropriate<br />
games planned. Like Jello-wrestling for Lesbians, stand-up<br />
karaoke for Jews, or competitive pebble-considering for<br />
Buddhists. If you can think of a good game, remember that<br />
midgets love big people tossing and Sub-Saharan Africans love<br />
to eat. For Vikings, try raping and/or pillaging (depending on<br />
funds available).<br />
PREGAME DIVERSELY!<br />
Now more than ever, college students are looking for different ways to get drunk before getting drunk. Luckily for those of us at Penn, our<br />
diverse student body brings with it an equally diverse array of drinking techniques. Here are a few.<br />
Man, fuck the Monroe Doctrine with the "Gringo and<br />
Tonic". Enjoy smoking your Havana Honey with this concoction<br />
made up of nationalized liquor and the people's club soda.<br />
Note: does not go well with crackers.<br />
Nothing says I'm the shit like the "Popped Cosmopolitan"<br />
Like most of the stuff you wear this would this would be considered<br />
gay if you didn't constantly say you fuck mad bitches.<br />
Sure, you're slightly overweight, but a few sips of this Crunk<br />
Juice and you won't realize you're a terrible dancer dressed like<br />
you're a walking tribute to the 80s.<br />
Join the Asian invasion in Kings Court and take a<br />
"Yellowdriver" straight to the head. It's ½ shot of tap water<br />
and O'douls mixed with lemonade in a Hello Kitty cup.<br />
PLO More like BYO with the "Palestinian Party Bottle".<br />
Just, mix up 2 parts gin, 1 part Kahlua, and 3 parts agnst in a tall<br />
glass bottle. Top it of with an colorful gasoline soaked rag that<br />
really gets the party started. <strong>The</strong>n light it on fire and throw it at<br />
your date, an Israeli widow.<br />
6<br />
PUNCHBOWL<br />
Drop a few beads at the bar and feed your addiction to whiteman's<br />
fury with "Firewater". Tell Running-Wolf-Behind-Bar<br />
to mix 1 shot of corn ethanol, 2 shots of buffalo urine, and he'll<br />
know to slip in 3 teaspoons of nicotine.<br />
Start your day off like a Latin Legend with a "Tequila<br />
Sunrise" … at Home Depot.<br />
Party likes it's 1939 with "<strong>The</strong> Third Reich and Coke".<br />
This drink is the final solution to your sobriety. Selected from<br />
only the purest Aryan Master-Ryes this is the perfect drink for<br />
beer hall rallies or mixers with gypsy Sorority girls. Plus it always<br />
ends way better than dropping Jäger bombs with the Brits<br />
.<br />
Hillel is a great place to start the night with a "Chutzpah".<br />
Our Jewish classmates love to kick it off with 2 shots of<br />
Manischevitz in the blood of a Gentile child.<br />
Praise Allah with "Allahu Akbar". Throw in 1 shot of not-<br />
Franzia and 2 shots of not-tequila, served with 3 strips of notbacon,<br />
and take it all down not facing away from Mecca.
DIVERSITY SCORING GUIDE<br />
In the landmark Supreme Court case of Grutter v. Bollinger, the University of Michigan's quota system of awarding extra points to applicants<br />
based on diversity was unconstitutional. Why Because of some whack racist bullshit, of course. But since the federal government<br />
lacks jurisdiction in Penn's ivory tower, our school has adopted that system. Here are the juicy highlights from Penn's new Diversity<br />
Scoring Guide.<br />
Black +5<br />
Really Black +10<br />
Like Really, Really Black +2<br />
No, seriously, like Wesley Snipes black +600<br />
L +15<br />
G 0<br />
B -10 (50% of penn's campus is B at<br />
2AM)<br />
T + 20<br />
A T Who Is At Times B, G, and L -<br />
Priceless<br />
Earth +2<br />
Wind -10<br />
Fire +7<br />
Water +20<br />
Heart -30<br />
All of them +Captain Planet<br />
WASP from Maryland with above-average<br />
SAT scores = Meh…<br />
Scottish + 5<br />
Really Scottish +uh, ok, I guess<br />
Like, really, really Scottish +Freedom!<br />
I didn't even know how you go about<br />
being this Scottish +Let's get pissed!!!<br />
Hispanic +20<br />
Hispanic From Mexico -20<br />
Hispanic Who Can Cook and Clean +50<br />
Dominican Baseball Phenom +100<br />
Hispanic Jew -5<br />
Mormon +10<br />
Mormon with 3 Moms +0<br />
Mormon not from Utah +30<br />
Fundamentalist Mormon -20<br />
Huntsman Mormon +3000<br />
Guido +'ey!<br />
Child Prodigy +50<br />
Harry Potter +60 to Gryffindor<br />
Zoom-Zoom Mazda Kid -40 (whispered)<br />
Dakota Fanning +Aww<br />
Haley Joel Osment +3 Dead People<br />
Flamboyant gays = -15<br />
Hilariously flamboyant gays = +30<br />
Hilariously flamboyant gays from New Jersey<br />
= 0<br />
Women = -3<br />
Women Engineer = +7<br />
Barely Legal = +100<br />
Women engineers, if they can cook = + 10<br />
Barely Legal engineers, if they can cook<br />
= Accepted<br />
Jew = -5<br />
Jew interested in Finance = -10<br />
Jew interested in Finance from New York =<br />
-30<br />
Jew interested in Finance from New York<br />
with a huge, throbbing circumcised<br />
endowment = +500<br />
Actually, that's really gay = -1000<br />
Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong> ‘08 7
In a Panties Drawer<br />
In Math 104<br />
At a Frat Party<br />
On the Basketball Court<br />
At Crown Fried Chicken
Where Asians<br />
Belong<br />
DON’T<br />
Asians have been hard-working, dedicated people since their arrival in the US. From their humble beginnings building the railroads to their<br />
lucrative future building space railroads, Asians have always been there for America. But some people (read: not us) don't take kindly to<br />
Asian-Americans. <strong>The</strong>y are racists, harboring regressive and repugnant views that endanger the values upon which this nation was founded.<br />
And these people (read: still not us) think that great individuals such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li should stay away from various<br />
places around America and at Penn. Racists blow. That being said, here are a few of those places:<br />
Behind the Wheel of a Car<br />
Under the Button<br />
Participating in Drinking Games<br />
In DuBois<br />
PUNCHBOWL 9 Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong> ‘08
PUNCHBOWL 10 Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong> ‘08<br />
RACEBOOK GIFTS
THE PROS/CONS OF COMING OUT<br />
When deciding whether or not to come out of the closet, a prospective homosexual must weigh many issues in their decision, such as financial<br />
concerns, family considerations, and fabulousness rationing. What follows is a condensed list of those points, both positive and negative. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are only two jokes about lesbians because we are afraid of them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pros<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cons<br />
1. You’re gay!<br />
2. Can move your Will & Grace DVD collection from back<br />
of closet to on top of DVD player<br />
3. You can finally sell your Ford Truck to buy a Mini-<br />
Cooper.<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> thick bay area fog makes beautiful rainbows<br />
5. You own 63 pairs of shoes!<br />
6. Catered to by unsolicited prostitutes<br />
7. Refined fashion sense attracts notice<br />
8. Can stop telling people you love Georgia O’Keefe for her<br />
artistic merit<br />
9. Hot lesbians are hot<br />
10. What people have long known - that you are an annoying<br />
asshole - will suddenly be confused with being well-read,<br />
dapper, and particular.<br />
11. Perfect excuse to escape your small-town past and move<br />
to the big city.<br />
12. Disposable income, y'all!<br />
13. Can stop pretending to go to LGBT center just for free<br />
printing<br />
1. You’re gay.<br />
2. Must burn your Eminem collection<br />
3. Driving a pink Mini convertible is so fucking gay.<br />
4. Obligated to incorporate gay pride rainbow into everything<br />
possible<br />
5. <strong>The</strong>re was no room left in the closet for you, and now<br />
everyone knows your gay.<br />
6. Unsolicited bigotry<br />
7. AIDS puts bags under your eyes.<br />
8. Start to get tired of the giant vaginas on your wall<br />
9. Most lesbians are not<br />
10. Other gays will be able to figure out you're still a<br />
douchebag<br />
11. Once your career as a fashion designer goes south,<br />
daddy and your small-town friends won’t be there.<br />
12. Santorum<br />
13. Bitches - you can live without 'em, but they want to live<br />
with you.
DIVERSIFIYING YOUR FRIEND PORTFOLIO<br />
With OCR just around the corner, much of campus will be abuzz about hedge funds and corporate ass-kissing, so few will have time for friends. But like<br />
stocks, friends have to be chosen carefully, retained for long periods of time, and split into small pieces if they grow too much. Additionally, like your stock<br />
portfolio, you should have a diverse collection of ethnic friends. Here are some exclusive insider tips (but don't tell the SEC) on how to create a diversified<br />
portfolio of friends (seriously, don't tell the SEC):<br />
Arabs: If there's one sure way to win the hearts and minds of<br />
Arabs, it's liberation. Try to liberate Arabs wherever you see<br />
them. Arabs are very proud people, so they will try to politely<br />
deny that they require liberation, but just smile, cock your gun,<br />
and liberate. <strong>The</strong>y'll thank you later. Leave a permanent presence<br />
in their home to make sure they stay liberated. In fact, you may<br />
want to sublet part of their apartment to your Jewish friend just<br />
to make sure they're ok.<br />
Japanese: Sail a gunboat to the front door of the family<br />
home, deliver a letter requesting that Tomo be allowed to come<br />
out and play with you in designated areas of the front yard.<br />
Announce that you will return in a year with a force twice as<br />
large to receive the reply. In case they get uppity, drop a bomb<br />
with the power of a thousand suns in their living room, and<br />
receive their undying subservience and efficient technology in<br />
return.<br />
Minnesota Gays: Tap tap, left right, forward back, right,<br />
drop paper, flush, zip. Wait for tapped reply. Extend tentative,<br />
yet firm hand into neighboring stall. Shake.<br />
Women: In the event of catastrophic disaster, survivors must<br />
sometimes eat their dead. In that same vein, sometimes you must<br />
befriend women. Whether you yourself are a woman is irrelevant;<br />
the process remains equally distasteful. <strong>The</strong> key to garnering<br />
a woman's friendship is to never stop talking. Women lead<br />
notoriously boring lives, and letting them talk could lead to a<br />
conversation about menstrual cycles, Stairmasters, Atkinsfriendly<br />
pastas, and commitment. This can be hard remember<br />
when you're not trying to sleep with them.<br />
Native Americans: Native Americans seem to hang around<br />
no matter what you do, claiming that this is "their land," and<br />
"they must protect their culture." Try complimenting your new<br />
friend on his role as an extra in "Dances With Wolves" or<br />
"Pocohantas." If these methods don't work, they'll tolerate you<br />
as long as you spend long hours at the blackjack table.<br />
Cavemen: Build a time machine. Set it for 20,000 BC. 20,000<br />
BCE if you're Jewish. <strong>The</strong>n take a plane to France. Oh wait ...<br />
maybe you should take a plane to France first, and then use the<br />
time machine. Now call up directory assistance and ask for the<br />
nearest caveman cave. Crap, this is really hard. OK, now turn on<br />
your TV and wait for a Geico commercial. Goddammit! Forget<br />
it, you don't need any caveman friends.<br />
Fat People: No. No no no no no. No. Ew. No.<br />
Canadians: First, lower their Health Points with Meowth's<br />
SCRATCH attack. <strong>The</strong>y may use HARDEN to increase their<br />
defense, but you can disrupt the move with a HYDRO PUMP<br />
to the face. While they're stunned and weak, use your POKE-<br />
BALL. If they're still too powerful to tame, use TAIL WHIP or<br />
WHIRLWIND to disrupt their accuracy. This time to be sure,<br />
use your MASTER BALL. That should wor…oh what the hell!<br />
RUN! RUN! RUN! Ah…you died.<br />
South Americans: <strong>The</strong> best way to befriend our neighbors<br />
to the south is to be a good neighbor at home. So be sure to be<br />
generous if they need to borrow a cup of sugar or a kilo of baking<br />
powder, store some goods in your apartment, or ask you to<br />
hold on to a baggie in your stomach during a ten hour<br />
Greyhound journey.
USEUL PHRASES IN OTHER LANGUAGES<br />
13 Volume LXXXII, <strong>Winter</strong> ‘08
HOW TO SPOT AN INFIDEL<br />
In today's fast-paced world, it can be hard to distinguish one of Allah's servants from His enemies. <strong>Punch</strong> <strong>Bowl</strong> understands that identifying<br />
and punishing an infidel is a task few have the time for, so we have prepared a handy checklist for the mujahadeen-on-the-go:<br />
Is his turban on backwards<br />
Has she voiced an opinion<br />
Does he have freckles<br />
Is she festive in December<br />
Does he fondly remember his childhood<br />
Does he hold public office<br />
Is he unable to point to Mecca on the fly<br />
Has he been in possession of his bags the entire time<br />
When you tell him he might get stoned, is he happy<br />
Does he have horns and breathes fire/concentrating in<br />
Finance<br />
Does he tolerate you<br />
Is he not attacking infidels at that moment<br />
Can you see her<br />
Is his mustache not full-bodied and bushy<br />
Has she heard of sexual pleasure<br />
Is he a muslim, but you still don't like him anyway<br />
Is she eating pork<br />
Does he only believe in 4 pillars of faith<br />
Can you see her ankles<br />
Did he invite you to speak at Columbia<br />
Is she not on the jihad listserve<br />
Does she believe in the Holocaust<br />
Are there homosexuals in his country<br />
Has she been on the Hajj fewer than three times<br />
Does he complain about waking up at 4 AM for<br />
prayer<br />
If you offer him a Cinnabon at noon during Ramadan,<br />
will he eat it<br />
Is he wearing a Crusader outfit<br />
Everyone knows that a person who is an "Oreo" is "Black<br />
on the outside, but White on the inside." Similarly,<br />
"Twinkies" are "Yellow on the outside, White on the<br />
inside." Here are some lesser-known, but equally delicious/offensive,<br />
racially-oriented foods:<br />
Mexican Jumping Bean: Mexican on outside; black on inside<br />
(because it jumps).<br />
Fig Newton: Tan on outside, brown on inside, makes mess in<br />
bed.<br />
Pepto-Bismol: Pink on outside, pink on the inside.<br />
Caramel Apple: Brown on outside, white on inside, green<br />
intermediately.<br />
Kiwi: Hairy on outside, Martian on inside.<br />
Aloo Gobi: Brahmin on outside, Untouchable on inside.<br />
Pemmican: Sioux on outside, Ute on inside.<br />
Gelt: Gold and Jewy on outside, black and chewy inside.<br />
Marijuana Cigarette: Dutchie on outside, Jamaican on inside.<br />
General Tso’s chicken: Manchu on outside, Han on the inside<br />
Bleach: White and turns other people around them whiter.<br />
Powdered Jelly Doughnut: Lots of makeup, squishy, communist.<br />
Everlasting Gobstopper: Asian person acting like an Indian<br />
person acting like a black person acting like…<br />
Tootsie Roll Pop: We all know how much we hate it when<br />
blue people act like they’re black.<br />
Human: Various on outside, red on inside.<br />
Chocolate-Covered Coffee Bean: Brown on the outside,<br />
Javanese on inside.<br />
14<br />
PUNCHBOWL