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"Mujo in a terrorist attack on Belgrade. Total casualties: One dead."
Mujo and Haso are two fictional Bosnian characters that appear in endless jokes across the former Yugoslavia. The jokes range from harmless to grotesque, but almost always focus on the stupidity and backwardness of the pair.
As Brian reports, they’re about to get their own DVD, featuring 63 sketches from the show Veseli december. The sketches are being directed by Branko Djurić, best known outside of Slovenia for his part as a Bosnian soldier in the award-winning film No Man’s Land.
Subtitles will be available in English, German and Italian, although I’m sure many of the jokes will be difficult to translate.
Some links
- Mujo and Haso Hit Slovenian Television. (More about the DVDs)
- Arhiva Viceva. (86+ pages of Mujo, Haso and Fata jokes)
- Identity is a Joking Matter. (A long and interesting essay about Bosnian humor, with many examples.)
If anyone has a favorite Mujo or Haso joke, feel free to put it in the comments.
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This one made me laugh (from the site linked):
“Bosnian television is shooting a documentary intended for children. In this episode, they visit Mujo working on his farm.
“How do you start your day?� asks the reporter.
Mujo responds: “Well, when I get up, I drink one shot of rakija [plum brandy].�
“Wait a second, this is a story for children! We want you to say something that’s good for them. For example, when I get up, I read a book.�
“OK, I get it,� says Mujo, “When I get up, I read a book. Then when I go to work on the farm, I read another one. Then when I get back from the work, I read two books. A little later, Suljo and I go to the library and there we read five to six books. When the librarian kicks us out before closing, we go to Haso, he owns a publishing house.�
The meaning of the jokes often depends on who tells them — part of it might be the “stupid and backward” image, but think of the fools in medieval literature. They understand things everyone else is missing, but are only permitted to say it because everyone thinks they are fools. What makes Mujo and Haso (better: Mujo and Suljo) smart is that they know everyone thinks they are dumb.
These sketches remind me of the UK were the Irish, Scots & Welsh have always been the butt of English jokes while the English are seen as arrogant and aloof.
Equally in Slovenia, Bosnians along with Serbs, Croats and others have always been seen as “backward simpletons”. On the other hand, Slovenians have always been viewed as arrogant and aloof by others.
I don’t quite agree with John. In those Yugo jokes Slovenians are often showen as naive and simple so the cunning Balkanians just pretending to be stupid have an easy job to fool them.
Janez
Ta Veseli december je tako sranje, da je kar hudo. Djuric, pejt reciklirat smeti kam drugam! Pa tiste zanic igralce ala Javsnik vzem s sabo!
Zadnjic sem cisto po nesreci videl en stos iz oddaje in ugotovil, da je bil pred nekaj dnevi na Kanalu A v nanizanki Samo bedaki in konji (Only fools and horses). Da boste vedeli, kako se krade skece!
Mujo and Haso are sitting in a bar and they see Fatima enter. She is wearing a very short skirt and when she sits on the bar stool, Mujo and Haso are tryng to sneak a peek undeneath. They are excited by what they see:
Mujo:”Haso, do you see something greenish underneath there?”
Haso:”Yes, Fata muct be wearing green panties.”
Mujo:”No, I think she dyed her hair green.”
Haso:”Nah, they’re panties.”
Mujo:”Damnit, wanna bet?”
Haso:”OK, let’s ask her.”
Haso:”Fata, me and Mujo have a bet going and we really need to know, are you wearing green panties or did you dye your pubic hair green?”
Fata:”Oh, it’s not the panties or the hair, it’s that time of the month so the lice got fatter.”
haso goes to america for a visit, and at night goes to one of the local nightclubs, while sitting and having a drink sees this beautifull girl so he alks up to her and says “haso” and she replies jessie he goes im here but whats your name?. (jessi is bosnian means were are you)