I see your point about anti-irish sentiment being the root of the jokes that are now so commonplace. Indeed, anti-irish jokes can be found all over the world. I read this article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/i...sm-for-more-than-eight-centuries-1342976.html However, given that this is the humour section I wasn't seeking to explore the origins of the joke - I freely admit that I found it funny for it's own sake - rather than for the Irishness - it would be as funny to me were it to reference any arbitrary group of people. I suppose the Irish are a convenient butt of English jokes and it's human nature for the butt of the joke to be someone in a neighbouring faction. I gather that in the Philippines that there are jokes made in Manila about people from the provinces. Within England I can easily imagine: In Yorkshire: How do you spot a lancashire man in a submarine.... In Lancashire: How do you spot a yorkshireman in a submarine.. Consequently, I wouldn't go so far as to call jokes against your neighbour bigotry. To rail against it, is to try to change human nature and that's not likely to happen.. However, I'm prepared to do my part. In deference to the feelings of Irish, Scots, Blondes, Essex men, Babies, Politicians, Lawyers & Elephants I promise to omit those categories from any jokes I relate or laugh at. That doesn't leave me much left in my personal repertoire but I'm willing to make that sacrifice. How's that?
Lol @ Mr Indignant - you're acting like some deranged park-keeper high on mescaline. Who died and made you god anyway?
Which only goes to prove that those on the far-left can dish-it out insults and abuse but can't take it. You better go back to mummy now, she'll be wondering where you are.
First you call for the politics section to be closed down because you can't handle pushback - and now you seek to dictate what comments other members can make in this section. Just a tad dictatorial no? (By the way I thought you flounced off earlier - but you're back as prolific as before. Hugely entertaining for the rest of us of course - but surely a bit of a red neck for you?) I used to be indecisive --- but now I'm.....
Grumpy Scot boards the Outrage Bus bearing an oversized mantle of self-entitlement which sweeps all other passengers out of his way ....
I got out the shower tonigbt Wife said why haven't you shampooed your hair I told her the bottle said for dry hair and mine was already wet.
And then Paddy asked.."but why are you wearing two condoms Seamus" Seamus replied.."To be sure to be sure Paddy"!!
Scottish bloke loses a fiver and puts in a free ad asking for the person that found it to give it back .. He said he needed it for "sentimental reasons".. 10p reward.
Walking through the woods the other day I found a suitcase with some puppies inside, I phoned the RSPCA and the woman on the phone asked "Are they moving" ??? Well it would explain the suitcase I replied
When I dislike a joke, I just tend not to laugh. I don't feel the need to impose my own indignation on others, and demand that they too are indignant. National (not racial) stereotypes are just fine and dandy, as long as people understand that its no more than a caricature of idiosyncrasies. And that's the thing. Most people DO understand that. They don't need, and quite often are offended when some po-faced jumped-up pseudo-authority figure tells them off for having fun. Here's the first line from "A site dedicated to all things Irish." "Ireland and its people are renowned for having a laugh and enjoying a good time. So it's not surprising that the country has produced so many top class comedians throughout the years." Hang on? Renowned for having a laugh and a good time? That would be a stereotype then right? But of course we know that not all Irishmen are split-your-sides funnymen. Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley, Gaye Byrne, Liam Brady - miserable and nasty sods every one. The Irish in 'Irish jokes' are often portrayed as being thickoes. And of course, just as we know that not every one of them will make us lose bladder control, laughing at their stupidity, we know that there are some very fine minds in Ireland, just as there are anywhere else. Wilde, Shaw, Robert Boyle, Yeats and Sheridan for instance. And the thing is, we don't need to be told that. We don't need to be told very much at all. Our sense of humour does not need some Ministry of Funniness stamp before we can laugh. There needs to be no legislation devised in order to control us and repress our sense of fun. Some people take things far too seriously. Our differences are interesting. Tall, short, thin fat, English, Irish, Scot or Welshman, we all have our different ways, and that's what keeps it interesting. Vive La Difference as every single Frenchman says on a daily basis. We need to fight against people like you, and refuse to be cowed by your overbearing pervasive political agenda, attempting to control every aspect of our lives and chipping away at our freedoms. People need freedom, not control. People are not as stupid as you seem to believe. Oh, and by the way, I'm quite aware of the Wheeltappers and Shunters TV programme, being only a couple of years younger than you. I know that people mistake me for being younger because I look devastatingly vibrant and youthful, but that's just because I'm from Derby. We're all like that.
Bravo! More! More!!! That has to be one of the most eloquent put-downs I have had the pleasure of reading in many a long year. Extremism, be it of the left or of the right, must never go unchallenged.
Oh knock yourselves out, most humour is at someone's expense and usually in a mean way, that's why everyone in my life always thought (correctly ) that I was a humourless b*****d, they were right by most standards, I like things that take the p**s out of myself or a situation or a thing or slapstick where everyone is the victim, but for me humour has to have some fairness in it. How do you do one of those reveal things, hmmmm, research required..... Ok, worked it out, here we go... The optimist sees the glass as half full. The pessimist sees the glass as half empty. Spoiler: Punch line The engineer sees it as twice as large as it needs to be. Spoiler It'll be a groan but I like that kind of thing.
This is older than me but probably gave me what little sense of humour I have, I was first told this one when I was four or five What's black and yellow and very dangerous...... Spoiler Shark Infested Custard
