The Greek authorities tried to get the lepers at Spinalonga leper colony to swap their healthy babies for babies with leprosy

but a leper never changes its tots.

(My dad made this up when we visited Spinalonga in about 1998...its one of his all time classics. I only remember the punchline so I made up the first bit and its not historically true.)

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πŸ‘€︎ u/AppleDrops
πŸ“…︎ Oct 25 2016
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Where is it most unsafe to play the β€œpull my finger” game?

At the leper colony.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/MGreenMN
πŸ“…︎ Nov 07 2020
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Dad joked my family over Tabasco sauce

Mom: Tabasco sauce is made in a place called Avery Island.

Step dad: Yeah, it was probably a leper colony.

Me: And now it's a pepper colony!

everyone booed me

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πŸ‘€︎ u/joannchilada
πŸ“…︎ Jan 12 2014
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