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[tom21 19]

A Priest and a Rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane. After a while, the Priest turned to the Rabbi and asked, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

 

The Rabbi responded, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs."

 

 

The Priest then asked, "Have you ever eaten pork?"

 

To which the Rabbi replied, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich."

 

The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.

 

A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?

 

The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."

 

The Rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?

 

The Priest replied, "Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith."

 

The Rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for about five minutes. Finally, the Rabbi says, "Beats the shit out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?" *************************************************

[henryski 6]

[BIGJIMMY 0]

Why do Jews have such big noses??

 

Air is free!!

[midlifecrisis 4,082]

The first one was funny as it poked fun at two groups equally and without malice.

 

The second two are racist and offensive and I am not Jewish.

[BIGJIMMY 0]

Don't worry, I am Jewish and I think its funny!!

[midlifecrisis 4,082]

Don't worry, I am Jewish and I think its funny!!

Members of a particular group may indeed poke fun at their own, but why perpetuate a stereotype that has been a part and parcel to so much anti-Semitism?

 

I guess what I mean is, is making jokes about (and I will use Black people as an example) (and I don't mean this to be funny but as an example) like wetting thir lips and sticking them to a wall or having hair like velcro - I am sorry, that is not funny, I feel the same way when I hear jokes about other ethnic groups, especially those that have been victims of hate (even in the jokes about them).

Edited May 7, 2007 by midlifecrisis

[joekicker 53]

I guess what I mean is, is making jokes about (and I will use Black people as an example) (and I don't mean this to be funny but as an example) like wetting thir lips and sticking them to a wall or having hair like velcro - I am sorry, that is not funny, I feel the same way when I hear jokes about other ethnic groups, especially those that have been victims of hate (even in the jokes about them).

 

Can we have the PC police transferred to another section?

 

If "that is not funny" then you should not laugh at it. Like, for example, the tasteless jokes you just posted above - I didn't think they were funny so I didn't laugh, my normal reaction to something that isn't amusing.

 

Seemed to work out okay. You got to tell your joke, I got to judge it. Some jokes are gonna bomb, so what? What's the problem?

[midlifecrisis 4,082]

Can we have the PC police transferred to another section?

 

If "that is not funny" then you should not laugh at it. Like, for example, the tasteless jokes you just posted above - I didn't think they were funny so I didn't laugh, my normal reaction to something that isn't amusing.

 

Seemed to work out okay. You got to tell your joke, I got to judge it. Some jokes are gonna bomb, so what? What's the problem?

I was not making a joke, I was offering an illustration. Read what I wrote more carefully and you will see that.

 

My point is about racism not unfunny jokes.

[joekicker 53]

My point is about racism not unfunny jokes.

 

No sir, with all respect your point was that you know what jokes should NOT be in the funnies section and all of us should share precisely your joke threshhold and sensitivity.

 

And my point is that banning jokes is pointless, silly and if you want to press political correctness, please at least START in the political sections, not the humour one. Also, if you are going to post political stuff, can you at least add a joke?

 

Speaking of nonsense ...

 

I was at the airport, checking in at the United gate when a so-called "security" guy asked,

 

"Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?

 

I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?"

 

He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."

[midlifecrisis 4,082]

I was at the airport, checking in at the United gate when a so-called "security" guy asked,

 

"Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?

 

I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?"

 

He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."