OT: JOKE....may offend but it IS just a joke... :-)

[Sally]

LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO

A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.

"May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.

"I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.

"Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
said the agent.

"But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."

"This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."

"Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"

The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"

[Stephanie]

On Feb 2, 4:03*am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>
> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
> he lost his wallet and all identification. *Cutting his trip short,
> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>
> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>
> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>
> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
> said the agent.
>
> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>
> "This I must see," replied the agent. *With that, the American
> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>
> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>
> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>
> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"

Not funny in the least.
Profane in every way.
Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
amusing.

[Katie]

"Stephanie" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
5865d028-5b48-41e9-b567-9aa705374838...oglegroups.com...
On Feb 2, 4:03 am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>
> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>
> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>
> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>
> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
> said the agent.
>
> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>
> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>
> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>
> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>
> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"

Not funny in the least.
Profane in every way.
Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
amusing.


Sally is bright? I've only ever seen her posting jokes in very bad taste!

Katie

[Steve S (another one)]

On 2 Feb, 13:07, Stephanie <sajesq...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not funny in the least.
> Profane in every way.
> Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
> You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
> amusing

This joke has been doing the rounds for years. The first version I
ever heard had Richard Nixon in the middle. Others have included
Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in "pride of place". Could you please
explain to me why changing a the name of the butt of the joke (no pun
intended) from one president to another suddenly makes it racially,
ethnically or culturally offensive?

Steve S (another one)

[Eldon]

On Feb 2, 3:13 pm, "Steve S (another one)" <ste...@ssrm.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Feb, 13:07, Stephanie <sajesq...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Not funny in the least.
> > Profane in every way.
> > Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
> > You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
> > amusing
>
> This joke has been doing the rounds for years. The first version I
> ever heard had Richard Nixon in the middle. Others have included
> Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in "pride of place". Could you please
> explain to me why changing a the name of the butt of the joke (no pun
> intended) from one president to another suddenly makes it racially,
> ethnically or culturally offensive?

Yeah, I would say the joke is tasteless and juvenile, but not
especially racist.

[Les Stewart]

"Stephanie" wrote:

>Not funny in the least.
>Profane in every way.
>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>amusing.

The joke had nothing to do with race.

You can't call the president an asshole? I have been thinking that about the
last president for several years now.

If you want people to treat Obama differently because of his ancestry, I
think that is racist.

Sally, keep the jokes coming please!

--
Les <voted for Obama> Stewart 8y+
Beaumont, TX 30ºN 94ºW

[Sue]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:28:02 -0600, "Les Stewart"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Stephanie" wrote:
>
>>Not funny in the least.
>>Profane in every way.
>>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>>amusing.
>
>The joke had nothing to do with race.

I agree with you.

>
>You can't call the president an asshole? I have been thinking that about the
>last president for several years now.

And if George Bush had been the punch line people would have thought
it was hysterical.

>
>If you want people to treat Obama differently because of his ancestry, I
>think that is racist.

Yep.
Sue

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:07:02 -0800 (PST), Stephanie
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Feb 2, 4:03*am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>
>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>> he lost his wallet and all identification. *Cutting his trip short,
>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>
>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>
>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>
>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>> said the agent.
>>
>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>
>> "This I must see," replied the agent. *With that, the American
>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>
>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>
>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>
>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>
>Not funny in the least.
>Profane in every way.
>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>amusing.


racial??? Old joke...different presidents. Has absolutely NOTHING to
do with skin color..

Sally

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:13:12 -0800 (PST), "Steve S (another one)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2 Feb, 13:07, Stephanie <sajesq...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Not funny in the least.
>> Profane in every way.
>> Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>> You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>> amusing
>
>This joke has been doing the rounds for years. The first version I
>ever heard had Richard Nixon in the middle. Others have included
>Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in "pride of place". Could you please
>explain to me why changing a the name of the butt of the joke (no pun
>intended) from one president to another suddenly makes it racially,
>ethnically or culturally offensive?
>
>Steve S (another one)

Sheeesh....I didn't see the joke in that way at all. What a load of
crap...

Sally

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:03:25 +0100, "Katie" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Stephanie" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
>[email protected]...
>On Feb 2, 4:03 am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>
>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>
>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>
>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>
>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>> said the agent.
>>
>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>
>> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>
>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>
>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>
>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>
>Not funny in the least.
>Profane in every way.
>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>amusing.
>
>
>Sally is bright? I've only ever seen her posting jokes in very bad taste!
>
>Katie

So why bother reading anything I post with 'OT' in the subject line???
Who's twisting your arm?

Sally
>

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:24:21 -0800 (PST), Eldon <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Feb 2, 3:13 pm, "Steve S (another one)" <ste...@ssrm.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 2 Feb, 13:07, Stephanie <sajesq...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Not funny in the least.
>> > Profane in every way.
>> > Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>> > You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>> > amusing
>>
>> This joke has been doing the rounds for years. The first version I
>> ever heard had Richard Nixon in the middle. Others have included
>> Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in "pride of place". Could you please
>> explain to me why changing a the name of the butt of the joke (no pun
>> intended) from one president to another suddenly makes it racially,
>> ethnically or culturally offensive?
>
>Yeah, I would say the joke is tasteless and juvenile, but not
>especially racist.

Wrong

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:28:02 -0600, "Les Stewart"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Stephanie" wrote:
>
>>Not funny in the least.
>>Profane in every way.
>>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>>amusing.
>
>The joke had nothing to do with race.
>
>You can't call the president an asshole? I have been thinking that about the
>last president for several years now.
>
>If you want people to treat Obama differently because of his ancestry, I
>think that is racist.
>
>Sally, keep the jokes coming please!

Dang....thanks, Les. Didn't mean to stir up **** in the group but it
does happen once in a while... :-)

Sally

[Ian]

[email protected] wrote:

> "Stephanie" wrote:
......
>
> The joke had nothing to do with race.
>
> You can't call the president an asshole? I have been thinking that about the
> last president for several years now.
>
> If you want people to treat Obama differently because of his ancestry, I
> think that is racist.
>
> Sally, keep the jokes coming please!

Good point. Some people are terribly oversensitive about the new
President being a black, or more precisely, a halfbreed or halfcaste or
the product of a mixed marriage.
(That should get young Steph and probably Edna frothing at the mouth!)
Actually I am the product of a mixed marriage: my mother was a woman and
my father a male type person.
--
Ian. stirring with a will, as no spoon is available
Ft Worth, TX

[Katie]

"Sally" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:03:25 +0100, "Katie" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Stephanie" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>[email protected]...
>>On Feb 2, 4:03 am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>>
>>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>>> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
>>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>>
>>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>>
>>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>>
>>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>>> said the agent.
>>>
>>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>>
>>> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
>>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>>
>>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>>
>>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>>
>>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>>
>>Not funny in the least.
>>Profane in every way.
>>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>>amusing.
>>
>>
>>Sally is bright? I've only ever seen her posting jokes in very bad taste!
>>
>>Katie
>
> So why bother reading anything I post with 'OT' in the subject line???
> Who's twisting your arm?
>
> Sally

I usually do avoid your posts but I'm back after a long absence and saw your
"may offend" and was curious. Thought maybe you'd have grown up a bit.
Wrong...

K.


>>

[Eldon]

On Feb 2, 4:53 pm, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:24:21 -0800 (PST), Eldon <EldonB...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Feb 2, 3:13 pm, "Steve S (another one)" <ste...@ssrm.org.uk> wrote:
> >> On 2 Feb, 13:07, Stephanie <sajesq...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Not funny in the least.
> >> > Profane in every way.
> >> > Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
> >> > You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
> >> > amusing
>
> >> This joke has been doing the rounds for years. The first version I
> >> ever heard had Richard Nixon in the middle. Others have included
> >> Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in "pride of place". Could you please
> >> explain to me why changing a the name of the butt of the joke (no pun
> >> intended) from one president to another suddenly makes it racially,
> >> ethnically or culturally offensive?
>
> >Yeah, I would say the joke is tasteless and juvenile, but not
> >especially racist.
>
> Wrong

So are you telling me that the joke is:
1. Not tasteless and juvenile; or
2. Especially racist?

Which is it? I said quite clearly that this was my opinion. As in "I
would say...."

To put it another way, I think it's the sort of clunky, prurient joke
that appeals to middle school kids. But I don't see it as an insult to
the ethnicity of either the Mexican border guard or Obama.

[chefmcc]

Sally-
I almost always take time to read the jokes you post
and frequently find them funny as well as "off color".
This one, maybe a 5 out of 10.

I am not in the least offended, however,
it seems to me that ANY joke will attempt humor at the "expense" of
another.

Sometimes people take it the wrong way sometimes people don't "get
it".

One who posts jokes acknolwedging the fact that it may offend, as you
did in the subject/topic line,
should not be surprised if indeed there are people who are offended.

Those who read jokes with the warning that they may be offended,
should not be surprised if they are offended.

Please keep 'em coming, with or without warning labels,
we can all decide for ourselves to read or not,
laugh or not, be offended or not.

I hope this did not offend anyone.

have fun be brave
Paul

p.s. A minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar, and the
bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"

[christophe]

Anti-racism is becoming so tiring. Anti-racists are the least open-minded
people I know. In France, they are completely obsessed and on a constant
sort of witch hunt.

Arghh, je vomis ces gros cons, ces idiots inutiles qui s'érigent en juges.
( translation : I can manage to tolerate them though)

"Sally" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news:[email protected]..
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:07:02 -0800 (PST), Stephanie
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 2, 4:03 am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>>
>>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>>> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
>>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>>
>>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>>
>>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>>
>>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>>> said the agent.
>>>
>>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>>
>>> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
>>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>>
>>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>>
>>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>>
>>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>>
>>Not funny in the least.
>>Profane in every way.
>>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>>amusing.
>
>
> racial??? Old joke...different presidents. Has absolutely NOTHING to
> do with skin color..
>
> Sally
>

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:25:04 +0100, "Katie" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Sally" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
>[email protected]..
>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:03:25 +0100, "Katie" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Stephanie" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>>[email protected]...
>>>On Feb 2, 4:03 am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>>>
>>>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>>>> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
>>>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>>>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>>>
>>>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>>>
>>>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>>>
>>>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>>>> said the agent.
>>>>
>>>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>>>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>>>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>>>
>>>> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
>>>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>>>
>>>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>>>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>>>
>>>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>>>
>>>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>>>
>>>Not funny in the least.
>>>Profane in every way.
>>>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>>>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>>>amusing.
>>>
>>>
>>>Sally is bright? I've only ever seen her posting jokes in very bad taste!
>>>
>>>Katie
>>
>> So why bother reading anything I post with 'OT' in the subject line???
>> Who's twisting your arm?
>>
>> Sally
>
>I usually do avoid your posts but I'm back after a long absence and saw your
>"may offend" and was curious. Thought maybe you'd have grown up a bit.
>Wrong...
>
>K.
>
>
>>>
>

never

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:32:13 -0800 (PST), chefmcc
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Sally-
>I almost always take time to read the jokes you post
>and frequently find them funny as well as "off color".
>This one, maybe a 5 out of 10.
>
>I am not in the least offended, however,
>it seems to me that ANY joke will attempt humor at the "expense" of
>another.
>
>Sometimes people take it the wrong way sometimes people don't "get
>it".
>
>One who posts jokes acknolwedging the fact that it may offend, as you
>did in the subject/topic line,
>should not be surprised if indeed there are people who are offended.
>
>Those who read jokes with the warning that they may be offended,
>should not be surprised if they are offended.
>
>Please keep 'em coming, with or without warning labels,
>we can all decide for ourselves to read or not,
>laugh or not, be offended or not.
>
>I hope this did not offend anyone.
>
>have fun be brave
>Paul
>
>p.s. A minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar, and the
>bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"

Thanks, Paul....I DID post the warning and they DID have a choice
whether to read it or not. I'm being called not so 'bright' by a few
(even posted a Forrest Gump joke and the darn thing posted twice!)
....maybe they should take a look at themselves ... :-)

Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>

Sally

>

[Sally]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:32:13 -0800 (PST), chefmcc
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Sally-
>I almost always take time to read the jokes you post
>and frequently find them funny as well as "off color".
>This one, maybe a 5 out of 10.
>
>I am not in the least offended, however,
>it seems to me that ANY joke will attempt humor at the "expense" of
>another.
>
>Sometimes people take it the wrong way sometimes people don't "get
>it".
>
>One who posts jokes acknolwedging the fact that it may offend, as you
>did in the subject/topic line,
>should not be surprised if indeed there are people who are offended.
>
>Those who read jokes with the warning that they may be offended,
>should not be surprised if they are offended.
>
>Please keep 'em coming, with or without warning labels,
>we can all decide for ourselves to read or not,
>laugh or not, be offended or not.
>
>I hope this did not offend anyone.
>
>have fun be brave
>Paul
>
>p.s. A minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar, and the
>bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"

Thanks, Paul....I DID post the warning and they DID have a choice
whether to read it or not. I'm being called not so 'bright' by a few
(even posted a Forrest Gump joke and the darn thing posted twice!)
....maybe they should take a look at themselves ... :-)

Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>

Sally

>

[Ian]

[email protected] wrote:
....
> Thanks, Paul....I DID post the warning and they DID have a choice
> whether to read it or not. I'm being called not so 'bright' by a few
> (even posted a Forrest Gump joke and the darn thing posted twice!)
> ...maybe they should take a look at themselves ... :-)
>
> Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
> years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>
>
> Sally
>
Got news for you - this one appears twice too!
I'm seeing this happening in more than one n/group these days, it never
used to happen. Wonder what is doing it?
I've often wondered where you collect these jokes from>
--
Ian.
Ft Worth, TX

[Ian]

[email protected] wrote:

> Anti-racism is becoming so tiring. Anti-racists are the least open-minded
> people I know. In France, they are completely obsessed and on a constant
> sort of witch hunt.

They're especially numerous and vocal in certain n/groups, I've noticed, and most
of 'em come across as stridently trying to dictate what everyone should
think and say.
Strange, with the vaunted Freedom of Speech clause in the
Constitution....
--
Ian. well known Fascist Beast and white supremacist
Ft Worth, TX

[Sue]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:52:34 -0800, Sally <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
>years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>
>
>Sally

I don't know how old you are, but it you haven't grown up by the time
you're 50 you don't have to. I was so relieved when I learned this.
)
Sue

[Sally]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:23:11 -0800, Sue <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:52:34 -0800, Sally <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
>>years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>
>>
>>Sally
>
>I don't know how old you are, but it you haven't grown up by the time
>you're 50 you don't have to. I was so relieved when I learned this.
>)
>Sue

whew!!!! Thanks, Sue...53 here. I've heard that 'you're as old as
you feel' so around 27 is about right... :-)

Sally

[bambam]

Noticed that all who thought the joke offensive, made sure to quote it in
its entirety!
Bambam not smoking tobacco for 1 Year, 10 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Days, 7 hours
and 30 seconds (702 days). I have saved AU$8,258.95 by not smoking 21,068
cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM

"Sally" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:23:11 -0800, Sue <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:52:34 -0800, Sally <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Doesn't matter....I've been posting jokes in here for quite a few
>>>years now and I'll keep on doing it. Why grow up now? <g>
>>>
>>>Sally
>>
>>I don't know how old you are, but it you haven't grown up by the time
>>you're 50 you don't have to. I was so relieved when I learned this.
>>)
>>Sue
>
> whew!!!! Thanks, Sue...53 here. I've heard that 'you're as old as
> you feel' so around 27 is about right... :-)
>
> Sally

[Edna Pearl]

"Ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> [email protected] wrote:
> Good point. Some people are terribly oversensitive about the new
> President being a black, or more precisely, a halfbreed or halfcaste or
> the product of a mixed marriage.
> (That should get young Steph and probably Edna frothing at the mouth!)

Why would it bother me? I personally am enjoying the heck out of observing
the changes in how diversity and racial sensitivity are evolving since the
election of this brilliant "mutt," as he has referred to himself. Obama's
"mutt" remark alone got a lot of coverage and meta-analysis (and
pseudo-analysis). The man is comfortable with his ethnicity. He is helping
this country become more comfortable with diversity. He's just the medicine
our historically racist country needs, and it's long overdue.

I agree that there was nothing whatsoever racist about the joke. Like Eldon
said, it's been around for years with respect to lily white folks. If
somebody can explain to me how the joke might be considered a slur on
Mexicans, feel free to educate me. If a Canadian border guard was at issue,
would that be offensive to Canadians???

Personally, I was a bit taken aback that it would even occur to anybody to
equate "asshole" with any particular race or take issue with the mere
mention of a Mexican. I don't know why Sally *or* Steph would suggest any
"offensiveness" here besides its vulgarity, and Sally ALWAYS posts vulgar
jokes without ever bothering to warn us that they may be "offensive"!
(Actually, she posted a series of clean jokes one time and scared the ****
out of me. I thought she was sick or that somebody was spoofing her
identity or something!) If I'm offended by anything, it's by the way some
people seem to be jumping to the inclusion that there is anything whatsoever
that is ethnically offensive about this joke. Sheesh -- if we can't tell
the difference between just being low-brow and being offensive, that does
not bode very well for an enlightened understanding of what actually *is*
racially insensitive and what isn't.

I rarely read Sally's jokes because she specializes in a particular kind of
humor that simply isn't my cup of tea. (I read this one, finally, because
it was causing such a stir, and am replying because I saw you mention my
name, Ian.) Sally and her many fans enjoy naughty jokes, generally
involving sex and other bodily functions, and I don't. But please be
advised that I love Sally to bits (as I've said many times), I think it's
fantastic that she has given so many quitters so many laughs over the years,
and I will continue to defend her right to offend (at least as long as I
don't notice her posting anything racist, which just crosses the line, for
me -- some "jokes" aren't defensible any way you cut it, including racism,
slavery, the Holocaust, etc.).

I try to save being offended for stuff that actually does offend my core
values in some significant way. A little dumb confusion about this dumb
joke is not worth the effort.

--

ep ooooooooof
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The
second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -- Henry James

[Cindy Murray]

Sally wrote:
> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>
> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
> he lost his wallet and all identification. Cutting his trip short,
> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>
> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>
> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>
> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
> said the agent.
>
> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>
> "This I must see," replied the agent. With that, the American
> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>
> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>
> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>
> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"

Sally, don't you dare apologize for posting a joke calling Obama an
"ass"! These same people who are complaining about it have probably
been calling Bush an "ass" and WORSE for 8 years. If they are making
something racial about it then THEY are the people who are racist, not
you. I, personally, thought the joke was funny, although not as funny
as the egg laying joke.

[Edna Pearl]

"Cindy Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gm7tfp$qoa$[email protected]..
> Sally, don't you dare apologize for posting a joke calling Obama an "ass"!
> These same people who are complaining about it have probably been calling
> Bush an "ass" and WORSE for 8 years. If they are making something racial
> about it then THEY are the people who are racist, not you.

That's basically what I was trying to express with my post, Cindy. You're
just more plain-spoken than I, I guess! :-D (And I'm actually an Obama
supporter who has indeed called Bush many bad names over the years, all of
which I still believe he richly deserves!)

--

ep ooooooooof
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The
second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -- Henry James

[FlatIronMike]

Well, I saw the joke early this AM before anyone had posted about it,
and thought it was tackier than other jokes Sally's posted before but
nothing more. I do agree with you EP that having Obama as president
is giving us all some room to more fully talk about and appreciate our
various heritages and backgrounds and realize that we are *ALL*
Americans.

FlatironMike
/off soapbox
One year, eleven months, three weeks, one day, 20 hours, 31 minutes
and 0 seconds. 14457 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,337.13. Life
saved: 7 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 45 minutes.

[Edna Pearl]

"FlatIronMike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Well, I saw the joke early this AM before anyone had posted about it,
> and thought it was tackier than other jokes Sally's posted before <snip>

You obviously haven't known (and loved) Sally as long as I have! :-D

--

ep ooooooooof
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The
second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -- Henry James

[Pam]

On Feb 2, 7:01*pm, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I saw the joke early this AM before anyone had posted about it,
> and thought it was tackier than other jokes Sally's posted before but
> nothing more. *I do agree with you EP that having Obama as president
> is giving us all some room to more fully talk about and appreciate our
> various heritages and backgrounds and realize that we are *ALL*
> Americans.
>
> FlatironMike
> /off soapbox
> One year, eleven months, three weeks, one day, 20 hours, 31 minutes
> and 0 seconds. 14457 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,337.13. Life
> saved: 7 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 45 minutes.

"Tackier than other jokes Sally's posted.?" Huh? You've got to be
kidding. She's posted many "tackier" jokes than this. Get over it.
Thanks for a little comic relief, Sal, and keep 'em coming.
Hugs,
Pam

[Sue]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:25:04 +0100, "Katie" <[email protected]> wrote:


>
>I usually do avoid your posts but I'm back after a long absence and saw your
>"may offend" and was curious. Thought maybe you'd have grown up a bit.
>Wrong...

I see that you post through Outlook. Doesn't that program have a
filtering system? If not, I can recommend Agent. You have to get the
paid version to get the killfile. I started with the free version but
had to get the paid one in order to do just that - one person on
another NG just drove me nuts. It wasn't that I minded reading what
he had to say, but I couldn't control myself from replying. That's my
usual reason for using the filter.
Sue

[Sue]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:01:25 GMT, "bambam" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Noticed that all who thought the joke offensive, made sure to quote it in
>its entirety!
>Bambam not smoking tobacco for 1 Year, 10 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Days, 7 hours
>and 30 seconds (702 days). I have saved AU$8,258.95 by not smoking 21,068
>cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM

Perhaps this will encourage the Google users to get a "real" news
reader whereby they can filter out people they don't want to read.
I recommend Agent.
Sue

[Sue]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:01:15 -0800 (PST), FlatIronMike
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Well, I saw the joke early this AM before anyone had posted about it,
>and thought it was tackier than other jokes Sally's posted before but
>nothing more. I do agree with you EP that having Obama as president
>is giving us all some room to more fully talk about and appreciate our
>various heritages and backgrounds and realize that we are *ALL*
>Americans.

Kumbayah. I've always appreciated various heritages and backgrounds
and I know (and have since high school at least) that we are *all*
Americans. I'm sorry, but I can't understand where some of you have
been. Why is a part black president any more "enlightening" than the
two black Secretaries of State that we've had? Because he was
elected? Because he's a Democrat? BFD. Everyone needs to get over
the fact that he's part black whether that gives him more credence
(for some reason) or somehow makes him evil (I don't know why that is,
but there are people...). I'm sure he's going to be a fine president
(although I'm not going to always agree with his policies) and no
better nor worse because he's part black.
Thank God for kill files!
Sue who doesn't much care for politicians no matter color, gender or
party.

>
>FlatironMike
>/off soapbox
>One year, eleven months, three weeks, one day, 20 hours, 31 minutes
>and 0 seconds. 14457 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,337.13. Life
>saved: 7 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 45 minutes.

[Debbie]

Sue wrote:
ericans.
>
> Kumbayah. I've always appreciated various heritages and backgrounds
> and I know (and have since high school at least) that we are *all*
> Americans. I'm sorry, but I can't understand where some of you have
> been. Why is a part black president any more "enlightening" than the
> two black Secretaries of State that we've had? Because he was
> elected? Because he's a Democrat? BFD. Everyone needs to get over
> the fact that he's part black whether that gives him more credence
> (for some reason) or somehow makes him evil (I don't know why that is,
> but there are people...). I'm sure he's going to be a fine president
> (although I'm not going to always agree with his policies) and no
> better nor worse because he's part black.
> Thank God for kill files!
> Sue who doesn't much care for politicians no matter color, gender or
> party.

Right on, Sue! This past summer a friend of mine was discussing
politics. Something I avoid like the plague for the most part. She is
very liberal and was talking about Obama. I told her I would not be
voting for him. She looked at me in surprise and said "But you aren't a
racist." I told her race had nothing to do with it.
Debbie
Rockeroof

[Kathleen]

> That's basically what I was trying to express with my post, Cindy. You're
> just more plain-spoken than I, I guess! :-D ep ooooooooof
> "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The
> second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -- Henry James

Your lawyering, perhaps? ::snicker::
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

[SteveS]

I'm with Paul here. While this one may not be my cup of tea, I
nevertheless look forward to your jokes in general.
You posted it correctly and if she chose to open it and read despite
your warning, then that's on her.
You rock on kid..
SteveS
OOF

chefmcc wrote:
> Sally-
> I almost always take time to read the jokes you post
> and frequently find them funny as well as "off color".
> This one, maybe a 5 out of 10.
>
> I am not in the least offended, however,
> it seems to me that ANY joke will attempt humor at the "expense" of
> another.
>
> Sometimes people take it the wrong way sometimes people don't "get
> it".
>
> One who posts jokes acknolwedging the fact that it may offend, as you
> did in the subject/topic line,
> should not be surprised if indeed there are people who are offended.
>
> Those who read jokes with the warning that they may be offended,
> should not be surprised if they are offended.
>
> Please keep 'em coming, with or without warning labels,
> we can all decide for ourselves to read or not,
> laugh or not, be offended or not.
>
> I hope this did not offend anyone.
>
> have fun be brave
> Paul
>
> p.s. A minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar, and the
> bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"
>
>

[Mike M]

Sally has been posting jokes for ages, some of them are going to
offend someone. But geeze most of them just require a sense of humor.
We have the best politicians that money can buy, surely they can
survive being laughed at. Being laughed at is getting off pretty
easy for how bad they've screwed things up.

Mike M

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:07:02 -0800 (PST), Stephanie
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Feb 2, 4:03*am, Sally <nosmo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> LOSING YOUR WALLET IN MEXICO
>>
>> A guy was traveling through Mexico on vacation when, low and behold,
>> he lost his wallet and all identification. *Cutting his trip short,
>> he attempted to make his way home, but was stopped by a Mexican
>> Customs Agent at the Tijuana border.
>>
>> "May I see your identification, por favor, señor?" asked the agent.
>>
>> "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.
>>
>> "Si, amigo, I hear that every day. No ID, no crossing the border,"
>> said the agent.
>>
>> "But I can prove that I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a
>> picture of Bill Clinton tattooed on one butt cheek and a picture of
>> Hillary Clinton tattooed on the other."
>>
>> "This I must see," replied the agent. *With that, the American
>> dropped his pants and bent over in front of the agent.
>>
>> "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have
>> a safe trip back to Chicago, Senor."
>>
>> "Thanks!" he said. "But why do you think I'm from Chicago?"
>>
>> The agent replied, "I recognized Barack Obama in the middle!"
>
>Not funny in the least.
>Profane in every way.
>Do the words "diversity" or "multiculturalism" mean anything to you?
>You are too bright to consider racial, ethnic, cultural slurs to be
>amusing.

[benquit]

On 3 Feb, 00:01, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I saw the joke early this AM before anyone had posted about it,
> and thought it was tackier than other jokes Sally's posted before but
> nothing more. *I do agree with you EP that having Obama as president
> is giving us all some room to more fully talk about and appreciate our
> various heritages and backgrounds and realize that we are *ALL*
> Americans.
>
> FlatironMike
> /off soapbox
> One year, eleven months, three weeks, one day, 20 hours, 31 minutes
> and 0 seconds. 14457 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,337.13. Life
> saved: 7 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 45 minutes.

I'm NOT!!!!!!!

Ben
/sitting here not being american!
---
I have persevered for 1w 3d 13:41 without a cigarette. Saving £54.47
by NOT smoking 260 cigs.

[Cindy Murray]

Edna Pearl wrote:
> "Cindy Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:gm7tfp$qoa$[email protected]..
>> Sally, don't you dare apologize for posting a joke calling Obama an "ass"!
>> These same people who are complaining about it have probably been calling
>> Bush an "ass" and WORSE for 8 years. If they are making something racial
>> about it then THEY are the people who are racist, not you.
>
> That's basically what I was trying to express with my post, Cindy. You're
> just more plain-spoken than I, I guess! :-D (And I'm actually an Obama
> supporter who has indeed called Bush many bad names over the years, all of
> which I still believe he richly deserves!)
>

I guess great minds think alike (at almost the same time, too, I see)! I
like the way you write, EP! I'm glad someone with a high-end vocabulary
saw it the same way I did.

Cindy