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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Jokes that were not funny?
sure.
John McCain is the 2008 nominee for President.
Barack Hussein Obama IS the President.
Hope that helps....
What did the doe say when she walked out of the woods?
“I’ll never do that again for two bucks”
What did the boy potato chip ask the girl potato chip?
Frito Lay?
What’s the difference between Jeremiah Wright and a bucket of feces? The bucket.
"I smell smoke, smell's like hair"
"Maybe we're walkin' too fast"
You mean like the late night TV monologues?
The Liberal And The Conservative
A woman in a hot air balloon realized that she was lost. She lowered her altitude, and spotted a fisherman in a boat below. She shouted down to him, “Excuse me, but can you help me? I promised a friend that I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know at all where I am”.
The man consulted his portable GPS, and replied, “Madam, you’re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of sea level. You are at 49 degrees, 24 minutes 10.9 seconds north latitude, and at 123 degrees, 29 minutes 32.4 seconds west longitude”.
She rolled her eyes, and said with some exasperation, “You must be a Conservative”.
“Well, yes, I am,” replied the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” answered the lady balloonist, “everything that you told me is technically correct; but I have absolutely no idea what to do with your information, and I am still lost. Quite frankly, you have been completely no help to me at all.”
The man smiled, and shouted up, “Madam, you must be a Liberal”.
“I am,” replied the balloonist with some conviction, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” replied the man, “You have no conception of where you are, or where you’re going. You’ve risen to where you are simply due to a large release of hot air. You have made a promise that you have absolutely no idea of how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem for you. You are in exactly the same position that you were in before we met; but yet now, somehow, it’s my fault.
Looks like hte kid from Home Alone
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
What’s the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer?
The flavor.
Post #11 - I LOVE it!
LOL, I like that one....
But he looks so Hitler Youthish in this guise.
That’s a keeper! LOL!
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