If you’ve ever ventured into a coffee shop or church lobby in Winkler, Altona, or Grunthal, you’ve probably heard the same five or six jokes told over and over again. For some reason, us Mennonites can’t get enough of these jokes. It’s like the old man who comes by at work and says, “working hard or hardly working?” every other day. So, as Mennonites we’re very familiar with these jokes–too familiar, actually–but non-Mennonites might not “get the joke” so we here at the Daily Bonnet have decided to lend a helping hand and explain these classic jokes so that outsiders can join in on the laughter.

Joke 1) Q: Did you hear about the Mennonite woman who took a bath?

A: She filled the tub, then added the water!

Explanation: I suppose the explanation here is obvious. The aforementioned Mennoni

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