Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 07:25:07p, Paul M. Cook told us...
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 5.250...
>>> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 06:07:04p, Paul M. Cook told us...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>>> 5.250...
>>>>> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 04:07:41p, Paul M. Cook told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> The Marine and The French Woman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The train was packed, and the U.S. Marine walked the entire length
>>>>>>> looking for a seat, but a well-dressed, Middle-aged, French woman's
>>>>>>> poodle was sitting in the only seat remaining.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The weary Marine asked, 'Ma'am, may I have that seat?'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in
>>>>>>> particular,'Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that
>>>>>>> seat.'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat left
>>>>>>> was under that dog.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'Please, ma'am. May I have that seat? I'm very tired.'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She snorted, 'Not only are you Americans rude, you are also
>>>>>>> arrogant!'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This time the Marine didn't say another word; he just picked up the
>>>>>>> little dog, tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The woman shrieked, 'Someone must defend my honor! Put this
>>>>>>> American in his place!'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up,'Sir, you Americans
>>>>>>> seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the
>>>>>>> fork in the wrong hand, you drive your vehicles on the wrong side
>>>>>>> of the road........ And now, Sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong
>>>>>>> bitch out the window.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Really bad joke. Gratuitous animal cruelty doesn't work as joke
>>>>> material.
>>>>>> Won't be passing that one around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> Geez, Paul, it's just a joke. It's not like it actually happened or
>>>>> would happen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey, I'm cool but it's just very poor taste. Why does the man have to
>>>> be a Marine, anyway? Are they just supposed to be ruthless killers?
>>>> It just sounds like something you'd read in Soldier of Fortune or
>>>> Hustler.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> It didn't have to be a Marine, but it pretty much had to be a man.
>>> Likewise, it had to be a dog or the punchline wouldn't work. There are
>>> far
>>> more crude jokes than that, that target minority groups, etc. I
>>> remember back in the late 1960s/early 1970s how ethnic jokes were very
>>> specific as to race or nationality. In order to continue teling those
>>> jokes the term was usually changed to a person of "certain ethnic
>>> background". Did it make a difference? Probably not. There are still
>>> religious jokes that include a Rabi, Priest, and Minister. They don't
>>> work otherwise, and I doubt that many people consider it a slur on any
>>> particular group.
>>>
>>> Many jokes are derogatory but they're not malicious. What's the
>>> difference
>>> between a joke about an Irish person, a black person, a Polish person,
>>> etc.? Only what so-called political correctness dictates. AFAIC,
>>> political correctness is just so much bull shit.
>>>
>>> Someone could crack a joke about men named "Paul". Would you take that
>>> personally or consider that derogatory?
>>
>>
>> Nope. I call them as I see them. I just see no humor in it. Guy
>> throws a dog out of a train and that's funny? Not trying to start a war
>> here, I even provided ample humor to deflect any hurt feelings.
>>
>> Paul
>
> My feelings aren't hurt. We just view things differently.

I think he threw up his hands and ran away at that point, Wayne; I don't
think he eve GOT to the humor, which has the WOMAN as its victim, not the
dog. It's no wonder he doesn't find it funny, eh?


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