Paul M. Cook wrote:

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> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>>> "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.
>>
>> It appears you stopped reading at that action. Well, no wonder you don't
>> get the joke. You didn't get TO the humor. See, Paul, that usually comes
>> at the end.
>
> Yeah, I read the whole thing. You must mean that hilarious part at the end
> where the woman is referred to as a "bitch" in this case play on words
> referring to her (murdered) female dog. I'm laughing so hard I got phlegm
> coming out my nostrils.

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