Basque Jokes

Bilbao

And the police are closing in. From his pockets, he dumps all the Gruyere, all of the Cotswald, all of the Petit Basque. As he flees, chunks of Manchego and Ossau Iraty fly from his pockets... he flings the Roquefort, but it breaks up in his pocket and is sticky... he can’t get it out. He is stuck, ... read more

Or is it Basqueing?

Many jokes rely on clever wordplay, which can get lost in translation!


(What? That always gets a laugh when I tell it in Basque.)

This day in history, June 12,1978, there was a large amount of [Basques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community) who died in a fire at an old local theater. The theater was packed full, and as the fire erupted the entire building's occupants flooded to the only exit in th... read more

A man is told by his psychiatrist to have some time off so he decided to go off to Basque to spend some time with a family there to get away from it all. He spends a good few years there with a family with 10 children and enjoys himself tremendously. Feeling thoroughly relaxed and ready to go back t... read more