Posted on 01/26/2009 1:04:57 PM PST by dbz77
Let’s Tell Some Jokes that Aren’t Really Funny
by Bill Levinson
We remind our readers that jokes are often a convenient way to convey unpleasant truths, as shown by the historical role of the king’s jester or fool. The jester was often the only person in the entire court who could admonish or criticize the King because onlookers could write off his words as entertainment, whereas the same words from anybody else would be taken as a serious criticism of the monarch. Shakespeare’s King Lear provides examples.
Ethnic and racial jokes are often meant not to entertain, but to convey or propagate negative stereotypes. It is believed that the infamous Polish joke originated in Prussia or, alternatively, Tsarist Russia (the same place that gave the world the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion) after the Partitions of Poland. The Prussians or Russians needed to convince the world that Poles were unfit to govern themselves, so they invented jokes that portrayed Poles as hopelessly stupid. These jokes were obviously successful in the creation and propagation of negative stereotypes, so we encourage the circulation of jokes that demonize Islamic Supremacists and the United Nations. A key consideration in these jokes’ design is that they should contain truthful and verifiable elements.
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Self evaluation — Are you smarter than an Obama voter?
The bartender asks: "What'll ya have and who did you vote for?"
The guy says I'll just have a beer. And for the record, I voted for Obama."
At that point the donkey sticks his head inside the door and says "and he called ME a dumb jackass......"
“Self evaluation — Are you smarter than an Obama voter?”
Yes. Signed, Zippy.
(see post #14 for my picture)
A: The whole family. One holds the bulb and the rest drink until the room starts to spin.
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.
Go to the mall and blow a few dollars. (You do the rewrite to finish the joke!)
Monkey on PMS!
He looks like Dennis Kucinich. Ya think?? Naw..
That is so stolen....
...by me and posted elsewhere!
LOL
Sarah Palin was just offered $1 million to pose nude in Playboy. Not to be outdone, Michelle Obama was offered the same amount to pose nude in........
National Geographic
“That is so stolen.......by me and posted elsewhere! LOL”
D’oh...YOU TOO???
Congress
Ethnic joke (not really a joke, it’s true) : How do you tell the difference between an Arab and a Persian?
Ask him to say Vice President. If he says it right, he’s a Persian.
If he says “Fice Bresident,” he’s an Arab.
Arabic lacks a P and a V, and uses B and F respectively instead. It’s hilarious to hear an Arab try to say a sentence with the word “park,” for example; it comes out as “Can I bark here?” LOL
And for the people who make the biggest stink in the world about their “homeland” being “occupied,” they can’t even pronounce it right. I had a substitute prof from Gaza once, and he said “I am FILISTINIAN”
No, you are Palestinian....
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