Posted on 06/27/2008 11:24:53 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Guy Earle, a Toronto comedian, must now stand trial before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal on the charge of telling unfunny jokes.
That sounds like a joke itself, but it's not.
In May, 2007, Earle was hosting a comedy night at Zesty's restaurant in Vancouver. He says a couple of lesbians came in, got drunk and starting making out right in front of the stage. He said they also heckled him and other comedians.
In other words, like anyone else -- gay, straight or otherwise -- they set themselves up for some wise-cracks. And crack wise Earle did.
But didn't he know he was in the People's Republic of British Columbia?
Lorna Pardy, one of the humourless lesbians, filed a complaint against Earle and Zesty's. In B.C., unlike other human rights commissions, it is possible to make a preliminary application to dismiss a complaint.
That application to dismiss was rejected this week. Here is the ruling, that commits the matter to go to trial.
Take a look at who wrote it: Heather MacNaughton, the same tribunal member who chaired Mark Steyn's show trial earlier this month.
In that trial, too, the funny-ness of jokes became an issue. The Canadian Islamic Congress said that some of Mark Steyn's jokes weren't funny, but they also insisted that the CBC's awful "sitcom", Little Mosque on the Prairies, was indeed funny, and if Steyn didn't think so, he was a racist.
So MacNaughton feels comfortable in her self-appointed role as government joke-tester.
(Excerpt) Read more at ezralevant.com ...
If I weren’t actually living in BC; I’d be ROTFLMAO.
There is no freedom of speech in Canada-do they still pretend there is?
I believe this journalist will be next in Lorna's "hit parade". It's not nice to insult a lesbian; it could be considered hateful!
The late Lenny Bruce once observed that while comedians will tell “fag jokes” they never ever tell “dyke jokes”.
When asked why he said “’Cuz dykes will punch the sh*t out of you, that’s why.”
“Everyone in Rome is becoming a big fat pig!” - Comicus
“Do you think he means me?” - Nero
“Yes your majesty.” - Court Spokesman
“KILL HIM!” - Nero
“When you die at the Palace you really die.” - Comicus
Doh Kanaduh!!!
Is that the unfunny joke in question?
How many Lesbians does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, and IT’S NOT FUNNY.
Actually, I’ve seen both ends of the spectrum. I worked for a lesbian years ago who was the most humorless, angry person I’ve ever met, male or female- She walked around LOOKING to find offense in everything and everyone. The other is a bass player I’ve known for years. Funny, extremely talented, and friendly. For as long as I’ve known her, it’s been a non-issue.
Yeah, I really can’t pass judgement on this comedian until I see/hear some of the jokes he told...
That YouTube Guy Earle interview looks like it was recorded on Wayne’s World TV.
So these two lesbians walk into a carpet store....
What precisely did he say? (Use asterisks if need be.) The linked story, and the materials to which IT links (if I saw them all), do not include any quotations.
Canada itself is quickly becoming an unfuny joke.
Q: What you do call a room full of 50 politicians and 50 lesbians?
A: 100 people who don’t do dick!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037061/posts
Human rights complaint over comic’s lesbian remarks (Canada)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037302/posts
***”I said, ‘Come on, you’re fat and ugly — you’re not even lesbian,’” the comedian said, adding he then made some remarks that had to do with oral sex and the use of a sex toy.***
Hillary and Huma????
Hillary and Huma????
Well, it might have been, because when the store manager came up to them and asked: "May I help you with something?", one responded: "No thanks, we've already eaten."
I imagine he’ll just get a “hefty fine” and have to perform 500 hours of “community service” telling jokes about Christians and “white males.”
A Queer, who came from Khartoum,
Took a Lesbian up to his room,
They spent half of the night,
Deciding who had the right,
To do what, and with which,
And to whom.
“Remember thou art mortal”
Limericks are a lost art. That one was good, very good. Was it original?
No, my father told me that one many, many years ago. He had some good ones including the one about the young man from Buckingham...
...which I couldn't post here.
Or the man from Nantucket ...
..or the plumber from Dundee..
“If I weren’t actually living in BC; I’d be ROTFLMAO.”
Don’t worry. We won’t rat you out to the joke police. And if things get too bad, move down here and ask for political asylum.
The bartender looks up and says, "What is this, a joke?"
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