There isn’t anything inherently funny about Tisha B’Av. Yom Kippur is funnier — we clop our chests, all the Rabbis look like idiots in their white canvas shoes and suits and it’s so boring that in yeshiva we ended up in our dorm rooms debating if it was worse to jerk off or eat on Yom Kippur. Some people did both to pass the time, but Tisha B’Av lacks the restrictions of Yom Kippur and the seriousness is overshot by hours spent watching epic movies and complaining about the humidity (not in California luckily.) and it just isn’t as interesting as Yom Kippur.
The only part of Tisha B’Av that really bodes interest are the UN Rallies that are great places to check out the ladies and Eicha at night when everyone is sitting on the floor and you can look up girls skirts. Other than that, Tisha B’Av kind of blows. It sucks so much that when Moshiach comes we will still have it. It sucks in terms of interest and the fact that shit went down on this day that has really screwed the Jewish people for centuries that there is not one video on You Tube that is to do with anything funny about Tisha B’Av.
I am sure some chassidim must find something happy and joyous about Tisha B’Av – beyond the classic “they tried to kill us, but we’re still here” jargon that fits most holidays because if that were the case, shouldn’t we be eating while we sit around watching Operation Thunderbolt, Schindlers List and School Ties over and over again?
I have to work during the whole thing anyway, which makes it much more worse for me than most people.
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Chassidim believe Moshiach was born on Tisha b’av, that’s why we skip tachnun.
I thought it was because it is called mo’ed in Eicha that we don’t say tachnun.
I’m leaving here to look at Tisha B’Av pickup lines, but before I do, I feel compelled to say that nothing about Yom Kippur is funny – NOTHING – except what you yeshiva guys do to pass the time. But then you do that all year long, so why single out Yom Kippur? Hope you have an easy fast.
Bending over like muslims is funny – watching peoples butts in the air
Clopping viduy is damned funny too
Oh and I have to work during the whole thing anyway…which makes it much more worse for me than most people.
Most of us work on Tisha Beav and have been doing so year after year after year. What do most people do on Tisha Beav that they’re not working?
I guess people who have Jewish employers, or people who own businesses may close for the day, or people who have jobs that are either flexible in terms of hours or jobs that do not require summer work such as teachers. Some people probably also just take the day off if they can. I personally have to give a speech and take a test tomorrow (summer college), so I feel his pain.
What do you do if you have to go to work without brushing your teeth?
Well, no. It isn’t funny.
Purim and Simchas Torah are chassidish holidays. Tisha B’Av is when the Livaks celebrate:-P
Purim and Simchas Torah are chassidish holidays. Tisha B’Av is when the Litvaks rejoice:-P
Glad that is over with. Working on a fast day is no fun at all.
Here’s something funny (not the humorous kind of funny, though):
The Facebook event “Anti-Zionism Day” is scheduled for today, Tisha B’Av.
The Ruzhiner Rebbe (from ye olde russian times) was famous for his joyous outlook on everything… so on tisha b’av he and his chassidim had a minhag of playing pranks. One such prank was that a few chassidim would sit up in the rafters of the shul, and lower a snare into the hall… whenever someone would pass, they would catch the snare on his belt, and hoist him up to the ceiling. Once the Ruzhiner Rebbe himself was walking toward the shul, and not realizing who was passing under them, the mischevious chassidim hooked onto his gartel and hoisted him up to the rafters. When they realized what they’d done, they lowered him to the ground… and the Rebbe said “Oy, Hashem – see how Your people have desecrated Your holiday?!?! Better You should take it away from them!!!!!!”
freilechen tisha b’av! it should end in laughing, dancing, and singing all around!
It’s much easier to spend the day at work, rather than sitting through some depressing video or napping the day away.
If you kvetch a little at work you might get some sympathy, and an opportunity to explain the significance of the day. Most people are totally ignorant of Jewish history prior to the Holocaust.