[at-l] OT: Friday Humor

[ellen at clinic.net (ellen)]

Growing up in Maine in the 30s and 40s, I heard only French ethnic jokes. When I moved to Chicago, I heard the same jokes, but the subject was Polish people

Weary

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "Shane" <shane@theplacewithnoname.com>
> To: at-l@backcountry.net
> Date: Fri, Jul-30-2004 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] OT: Friday Humor
> 
> > >And they were all me.
> >
> > Was the boat rated to carry that many people Shane? :)
> 
> OH!  And so now we start with the fat jokes, eh?  ;)
> 
> > An observation from an English, Black Irish, Scottish, Native 
> American of
> > Canadian descent:
> > When and where I was growing up there were no ethnic jokes. They were 
> all
> > 'moron' jokes. I didn't hear any ethnic jokes until we moved away. 
> Oddly
> > enough I had already heard most of the jokes before but they had been
> about
> > morons on my first hearing. When the jokes targeted a particular 
> group the
> > humor was lost to the obvious disrespect they showed toward that 
> group.
> 
> I agree completely.
> 
> Shane
> 
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