On Aug 25, 9:51*pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in messagenewsan.2008.08..26.02.41.01.108837@thurst on.blinkynet.net...
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> >>>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
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> >>>more crude jokes than that, that target minority groups, etc.
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> >> I have to deviate into a time-worn argument, but animals cannot
> >> fight back, or even express in words their disgust about anti-animal
> >> humor. *That makes it all the more important not to joke
> >> about trashing them.
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> > Please report back with a count of how many dogs have been offended by the
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> That's just why the joke isn't funny. *A guy kills a little dog because he's
> ****ed at it's owner? *What if instead of throwing it from the train he
> bludgeoned it to death with a club. *Would that be more or less funny? *What
> if instead of a dog it was a baby? *Would that be funny? *How many infants
> would be offended by that joke?
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Now here is the rest of the story. The poodle did not really belong
to the woman - she had kidnaped it. Also the train was not traveling
very fast which happenstance allowed for the safe four-paw-landing of
the dog. Afrer wandering for several days the poodle was taken in by
a kind family. They marveled at the dog's features and eventually
entered it into a canine show where it won first prize - a blue
ribbon. The woman on the train was on her way to the far east and
intended to give the poodle to her favorite chef when she arrived
there and was looking forward to having one of her favorite meals -
poodle-noodle. The marine was also on his way to the far east - but
that is another story.

AlexM