The Dumb Boxer Syndrome
We have a handful of dumb boxer jokes here in SA and they were all dedicated to Mike Schutte, a heavy weight boxing champ of yesteryear. If my memory serves me right he was the SA heavyweight champion until Gerrie Coetzee put paid to him. Towards the end of his career he took some punishment, hence the title of the dumb boxer.
I met the man briefly after he retired and he was all but stupid. And he was quite handy with a guitar and did not have a bad singing voice. Of course, white heavy weight boxing champions have become a rarity now that the black boxers are allowed to hit back.
Funny how the laws had changed. At first we were allowed to hit them but not allowed to have sex with them. Now we may no longer hit them but we may have sex with them.
Anyway, after he retired, Mike Schutte applied to join the police force. They were quite keen to employ him but poor Mike missed all the questions and in desperation the interviewing officer decided to ask him something out of the bible.
“Mike, who killed Abel,” he asked but Mike did not know. Not knowing what to do he sent Mike home to find out and come back to tell him the answer.
On his way home Mike met one of his friends who asked him how the interview with the police went.
“Great,” Mike replied. “I got the job and I’m on my first murder case.”
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Gerrie, the brightest of the three, ripped out the radiator and explained that they can drink the water in there when they get thirsty.
Not to be outdone, Jimmy took out the back seat and said it is so they won’t have to sit on the hot sand when they get tired.
Mike thought for a while and tore off the door. “So we can open a window when it gets real hot.”
It is a joke of course. We were never allowed to hit them but it did happen sometimes. Those were charged with assault and punished as in any other case. But there were some really strange laws in place at the time. Apartheid is dead and it is time we start laughing at the follies of the leaders of the time.
I met Mike Schutte at a party while on holiday in the former Transvaal province. He was the light of the party and cracked a hilarious joke at his own expense. Too long and too crude to repeat here.
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Actually, we had very little contact with people of color in those years. We were kept apart. We only got in contact with them at the workplace. The were not allowed in our townships and we were not allowed in theirs.
Well, I did a bit of boxing when I was young. I hope I don't qualifu for the dumb part though.
I have discovered that some people find it difficult to understand my humor. Have you taken a lot of punishment while you still had a sparring partner? I might explain a bit.
job was done correctly, then..
stay well,
that goes with the name...MIKE TYSON?
You mean you socked it to him. I'll stay out your way.
I wonder if he realized that he was working on a cold case?
Yes about, And Mike Schutte had that stupid look on him as well.He spoke like that too when he wanted to. I think Mike Schutte enjoyed it when the people thought he was stupid.
Tyson was so dumb that he married a woman
with a Phd...she knocked him down for good.
You tell me he can still walk after you put two slugs in him? I also shoot twice; one in the chest and one it the head. Walking is problematic after that.
Was that before or after he died his hair blond?
Apparently too subtle for some.
I won't mention any names; just follow my eyes.
Very funny...and yet subtle...glad he has found his true calling...hahaha...
I'm glad you enjoyed it. And I wonder if the used him a lot to solve more of their cold cases.
That one is a very cold case!!!...but he seems so positive!!
Maybe the station commander should have beaten the answer into him with a cane.
With the happenings of things in the Crimea at the present, we may well need another charge of the light brigade. Hopefully with better results this time.
I think he got tired of the job sfter he discovered who framed Roger Rabbit. Last I heard he was selling used cars in Vereeniging. Apparently people bought cars just to shake his hand.
I won't exactly refer to him as 'poor guy'. He was doing very well at the time.