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Humor from the former Yugoslavia:
⢠Pirocanci (from the town of Pirot, reputedly stingy): Why do Pirocanci have two peepholes in their doors, one high and one low? - To see whoâs come and what heâs brought.
⢠Montenegrins (supposedly lazy): A Bosnian and a Montenegrin had a ten-metre race. Who won? - No one. The Montenegrin gave up, and the Bosnian got lost.
⢠Lala from Vojvodina (Naive and submissive): âMy wife is a tramp,â Lale complains. âHow come?â asks his friend. âI sent her a telegram I was coming home, and I found her in bed with some guy!â Then he adds, âOr maybe sheâs not. Maybe she didnât get the telegram.â
⢠Slovenians (about their countryâs size): Why do Slovenians use only three speeds on their cars? â If they used the fourth, theyâd be across the border.
⢠Croatians (who are perceived by Serbs as creating complex expressions to distinguish Croatian from Serbian): How do you say âcowâ in Croatian? A four-legged, milk-giving, grass eater.
⢠Serbs happily make fun of themselves, too: Little Pera depicts a young, cheeky, but clever Serb: Peraâs teacher asks, âHow far is Pluto from the sun?â - âAs far as Partizan is from the Championsâ League,â Pera said.
People from surrounding nations have jokes too! In these jokes Serbs are often perceived as aggressive, violent and ready to be bribed. One Bosniak aphorism, runs:
⢠âDo not eat in a Croatâs house - he is going to cheat you - and do not sleep in a Serbâs house - you can not be sure that youâre goimg to be alive in the morning.
⢠Pirocanci (from the town of Pirot, reputedly stingy): Why do Pirocanci have two peepholes in their doors, one high and one low? - To see whoâs come and what heâs brought.
⢠Montenegrins (supposedly lazy): A Bosnian and a Montenegrin had a ten-metre race. Who won? - No one. The Montenegrin gave up, and the Bosnian got lost.
⢠Lala from Vojvodina (Naive and submissive): âMy wife is a tramp,â Lale complains. âHow come?â asks his friend. âI sent her a telegram I was coming home, and I found her in bed with some guy!â Then he adds, âOr maybe sheâs not. Maybe she didnât get the telegram.â
⢠Slovenians (about their countryâs size): Why do Slovenians use only three speeds on their cars? â If they used the fourth, theyâd be across the border.
⢠Croatians (who are perceived by Serbs as creating complex expressions to distinguish Croatian from Serbian): How do you say âcowâ in Croatian? A four-legged, milk-giving, grass eater.
⢠Serbs happily make fun of themselves, too: Little Pera depicts a young, cheeky, but clever Serb: Peraâs teacher asks, âHow far is Pluto from the sun?â - âAs far as Partizan is from the Championsâ League,â Pera said.
People from surrounding nations have jokes too! In these jokes Serbs are often perceived as aggressive, violent and ready to be bribed. One Bosniak aphorism, runs:
⢠âDo not eat in a Croatâs house - he is going to cheat you - and do not sleep in a Serbâs house - you can not be sure that youâre goimg to be alive in the morning.
