On Mon 25 Aug 2008 07:53:59p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> 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?
>
>

True enough!

--
Wayne Boatwright

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