Posted on 12/16/2014 1:41:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I’ve been trying to come up with a list of nationalities or ethnic groups—even subgroups—about whom it is still safe to make a joke publicly, since political correctness is shrinking the domain down to the vanishing point. Before long you won’t be able to make jokes about “little green men” from Mars, for fear of offending illegal aliens “undocumented” immigrants. I’m not even sure you can joke about white people any more, like Martin Mull and Allen Rucker did 20 years ago in A History of White People in America. Not even Sony would risk publishing this right now.
So here’s my list of groups or subgroups you can still safely make public jokes about:
1. Jewish mothers.
2. That’s it. (And Scott will have to tell me if Item #1 is in fact correct. But to this point I haven’t heard the ADL react the way FAIR reacts to anything satirical about Islam.)
Well yes, maybe you can make jokes and the French and Germans and the British, but fashionable opinion holds it against you.
The great John Cleese appeared on Bill Maher’s show last weekend, and offered an intelligent discussion of why you can’t joke about Mexicans or Muslims, and why it’s condescending. Plus this: “If you make jokes about people who are going to kill you, there is a sort of tendency to hold back a little.” (About four minutes long.)
lol - GOOD dad!
Well I like this one.....
A Polish soldier is standing next to a German soldier and a Russian soldier, which one does he shoot first?
The German, of course, business before pleasure.
Well, up to a point. Then we get a pickup, rope, and a bumpy trail.
Customer Service Reps. you talk to on the phone or online. The ones who are eager to help you, and understand a lot of english, but are hampered by their thick accents. This results in what sounds like an entirely new language, one yet to be translated.
“Would you please fill out a Customer Satisfaction Survey? You may win $100.! Certainly not! Your opinion on the Surveys does NOT effect your chances of winning the money.”
Great joke! Thanks for the laugh.
LOL!!!
Stealing...
Brothers in law are also fair game.
Rim-shot!
My wife can relate.
Do you know the difference between Inlaws and Outlaws?
Q: How was the Grand Canyon formed?
A: A Scot dropped a farthing down a gopher hole.
Q: How do you get a Scot to argue with you?
A: Say something.
Q: What is the difference between a Scot and a terrorist?
A: You can negotiate with a terrorist.
Good grief yes! I have a brother-in-law (spawn of the evil mother-in-law) and the kids call him Uncle Satan.
My wife can relate.
Same here.
LOL!
Do tell...
“Seems it’s always acceptable to mock them.”
Yes, but I would advise against doing it to their faces.
We have one of those too. :) Oy.
Outlaws are wanted...
Mitch McConnell and John Bohner fall out off a helicopter at 1500 feet.
Who splats the ground first?
Who cares.
Christians
Republicans
NRA—Gun Owners
George Bush
anyone who isn’t Gay
Anyone who is White
Old people who are Republicans
Anyone who earns over 200,000 a year
Oil workers
Japanese or Indians (from India).
Ted Cruz—the Tea Party.
Sarah Palin—her kids and husband.
Hunters and hillbillies.
I bet you can think of more.
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