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Re: CHAT: HUMOUR: comparative Christian theology

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 2, 2001, 16:02
Adam Walker wrote:


>And of course, we lump all of you together and tell Norski jokes about you. >At least they do up North it the Dakotas and Minnasota, et al. >
Garrison Keilor on PHC occasionally gives some good Minnesota/Iowa jokes; growing up in South Dakota, it never occurred to us to joke about North Dakotans-- it was simply off the map.
>Then there are the Irish jokes ad Polak jokes and Catholic and Rabbi jokes >and . . . and . . . and . . . ad infinitum. . . . . . . . . .
When I lived in NYC in the 60s, the nastiest jokes involved Puerto Ricans. I got a travelling job and spent a lot of time in Chicago, where they were telling the same jokes, but amended to Poles. PC example: "Why is the suicide rate so low in (ethnic slur of your choice) neighborhoods? Because you can't jump out of a basement window." Andreas Johansson wrote:
>>You bet we tell jokes about you! ("The Norwegian paratrooper jumped out of >>the plane, and found he'd forgot the parachute. After an initial moment of >>panic, he thought: 'Oh, I needn't worry - this is just an training
jump!'") LOL. That's the sort of thing my Gwrs would tell on the Kash!! The Kash might have: Shenji's (a Kash name) house was on fire. He made sure his wife and kids got out, then ran back in to save the ancestor's portraits.... Ching Cha's (a Gwr name) house was on fire. He ran to save his computer, but just before unplugging it, decided he ought to sit down and figure out how long it would take the house to burn......

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