On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 4:32:35 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 12:16:48 PM UTC-10, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 22/11/2020 22:08, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > On 11/22/2020 3:21 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Poles ain't the smartest folks on the planet, but they make a damned good
> > >> remover.
> > >> https://www.amazon.com/OPI-Polish-Re.../dp/B001RVFZQU
> > >>
> > >> --Bryan
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yeah, that Copernicus guy was not very smart. Sabin's vaccine still
> > > works and Werner von Braun was born in Poland.
> > > https://www.thefamouspeople.com/polish-scientists.php
> > >
> > Marie Curie, too.
> > > Hitler wanted to wipe out the Polish scientists along with the Jews
> > > becasue he knew they could outsmart him.
> We don't have Polish jokes on this rock. It's a bad thing to make fun of the
> intelligence of a people. Also, we don't have any Poles over here. Some folks
> on the mainland think Polish-Americans enjoy Polish jokes.

Nobody thinks that.

> That's because there's not enough Polish-Americans yet for them to express
> their true feelings. Maybe one day.

There are plenty of Polish-Americans in St. Louis. Few of them would pretend
to be OK with Polish jokes, yet you can bet your ass that a good percentage of
them harbor racist feelings about Americans of non-European ancestry. The
way that I worded my joke, most folks would realize that I was making fun of
stereotyping. "Polish remover" is obviously not Polish, like Canada Dry ginger
ale is not Canadian.

--Bryan