Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "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.
Please note that wordplay is a rather intellectual form of humor, which
necessarily limits its appreciative audience. That said, rolling around
on the floor laughing ones lungs out isn't the kind of reaction generally
associated with it; the more usual kind of reaction is the chuckle or
smile that acknowledges appreciation. Thus your sarcastic description of
your own nonreaction shows, again, just how much you don't get this form
of humor, rather than indicting the joke as you intended.
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