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Post by spectra on Oct 20, 2017 9:00:55 GMT
It seems that some nations aren’t as precious about PC as the UK and can laugh at themselves. Paddy and Mick are walking down the road and Paddy has a bag of doughnuts in his hand. Paddy says to Mick: "If you can guess how many doughnuts are in my bag, you can have them both." Before I’m accused of an “ism” the joke is in the public domain here: www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/comedy-news/best-irish-jokes-ever-funny-3259755 |
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Post by toffeeboy on Oct 24, 2017 11:49:59 GMT
I disagree with this comment, it is more than acceptable to take the mickey out of the majority in the UK. It is just any form of minority that the PC idiots start jumping up and down.
In fact I think most of them are having a laugh at our expense with some of the stuff they come out with anyway
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Post by spectra on Oct 24, 2017 18:16:04 GMT
I disagree with this comment, it is more than acceptable to take the mickey out of the majority in the UK. It is just any form of minority that the PC idiots start jumping up and down.
In fact I think most of them are having a laugh at our expense with some of the stuff they come out with anyway That’s exactly the point I’m making and I agree with you 100%, it certainly isn’t acceptable to me for a small minority of PC bigots to take the mickey out of the normal average majority. Maybe some of the snowflake zealots will get their comeuppance in due course: www.spectator.co.uk/2017/10/millennials-dont-fear-censorship-because-they-plan-on-doing-all-the-censoring/
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Post by jevans4949 on Oct 29, 2017 3:27:11 GMT
There was a thing some years ago where a jounalist followed this subject up. Turned out that the Irish tell "Irish" jokes about people from a particular county (Kerry, I think) and people from that county tell them about the inhabitants of one particular village. French tell them about the Belgians, and many nations in Europe have the same conventions.
"Scottish" jokes (about people who are tight with their money) are told about the Dutch in Belgium, and about the Swiss in France.
I once heard a Nigerian comedian do a routine about the different characteristics of various tribes in his own country.
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Post by ozboy on Oct 29, 2017 5:10:13 GMT
I copped loads of Aussie Jokes back in the day on London building sites and they never bothered me one iota - I found them quite funny.  |
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Post by dodgeydave on Oct 29, 2017 5:20:01 GMT
I copped loads of Aussie Jokes back in the day on London building sites and they never bothered me one iota - I found them quite funny. Maybe its because you have a sense of humor and a pair . Rather than the over sensitive pu**ies who seem to run the planet now. I am a proud Essex boy , heard all the Essex jokes . Never took offence.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2017 9:25:24 GMT
I suspect that it depends If you've grown up hearing the same "put down" jokes all your life it probably wears a bit thin and when you push back and are told "you don't have a sense of humour" I suspect you just want to scrag the speaker. If you discuss this with a psychologist you will find that this can be very very unpleasant and have long lasting affects on the mind. Sometimes it is hard to realise just how lucky white-male-educated Brits/Aussies/South Africans/Yanks are in their lives and working towards being PC is the least they can do to help those less lucky. I have no problem with say an Irishman joking about an Irishman but I find it a bit "tough" when decendants of an Empire that ...(insert slaughter of your choice here).... feel the need to put the Irish down in a joke. Still I guess the joke is on us now that the average GDP of the Republic is far higher than that in the UK. PC has a place Anyway have a lovely Sunday, the sun is shining and apart from Putin/Trump and Brexit we have plenty to laugh about.  |
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Post by ozboy on Oct 29, 2017 9:47:20 GMT
I don't really buy any of that bobo, at all, but, Hey Ho, it's differences of opinion that make the world go round!
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Post by toffeeboy on Oct 31, 2017 15:27:12 GMT
I suspect that it depends If you've grown up hearing the same "put down" jokes all your life it probably wears a bit thin and when you push back and are told "you don't have a sense of humour" I suspect you just want to scrag the speaker. If you discuss this with a psychologist you will find that this can be very very unpleasant and have long lasting affects on the mind. Sometimes it is hard to realise just how lucky white-male-educated Brits/Aussies/South Africans/Yanks are in their lives and working towards being PC is the least they can do to help those less lucky. I have no problem with say an Irishman joking about an Irishman but I find it a bit "tough" when decendants of an Empire that ...(insert slaughter of your choice here).... feel the need to put the Irish down in a joke. Still I guess the joke is on us now that the average GDP of the Republic is far higher than that in the UK. PC has a place Anyway have a lovely Sunday, the sun is shining and apart from Putin/Trump and Brexit we have plenty to laugh about. As an Englishman who lives in Ireland I can tell you that every joke I have heard an Englishman tell about an Irishman, I have heard an Irishman tell me the same joke about an Englishman, and no I wasn't offended at all some are even funnier told about an Englishman. It has nothing to do with descendants of an empire at all, they are jokes and used to poke fun at those nearest to you. As has been mentioned on another post here these same jokes are used the world over with a country the butt of the joke in each one depending where the person telling the joke is from.
Yes if you bite back then expect further abuse because if you get wound up by something that is obviously a joke then you don't have a sense of humour and that does open you up to ridicule. The PC brigade would have us stop any kind of decent humour because it offends someone, but then as a sarcastic b***ard that drinks and smokes I get it from all ends of the PC lot
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 16:03:22 GMT
For sure some people see it as a form of humour, or they tell you that to your face. I too have worked in south and north Ireland, Scotland and England. I have seen so called jokes being laughed at as others cringe or just stare blankly into the distance. I could even list the number of times I've seen catholics have been insulted by protestants and vica versa under the cover of "humour" and some very white jaws being controlled. Lack of sensitivity or imagination is a problem and is especially high in male whites when they live in a core male white society. If this is "your society" what you do is right, right? And you are right I've even seen it the other way around in Saudi. And yes, I agree, other countries are even bigger d@@ s than the UK. Still, on the internet it is impossible to show or truly discuss these issues of perception. However I recommend watching "Make Bradford British" originally on Channel 4 but I bet is available on youtube. A man of some years tells the people he is insulting (using jokes that he has used for most of his life) that this is just humour and they very kindly sit him down and explain his humour is frankly very unpleasant and could he stop. Who knew? Enjoy. |
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Post by stub8535 on Oct 31, 2017 22:53:30 GMT
I copped loads of Aussie Jokes back in the day on London building sites and they never bothered me one iota - I found them quite funny. Maybe its because you have a sense of humor and a pair . Rather than the over sensitive pu**ies who seem to run the planet now. I am a proud Essex boy , heard all the Essex jokes . Never took offence. Is that because you need the jokes explaining, being an Essex boy?
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Post by stub8535 on Oct 31, 2017 23:06:48 GMT
For sure some people see it as a form of humour, or they tell you that to your face. I too have worked in south and north Ireland, Scotland and England. I have seen so called jokes being laughed at as others cringe or just stare blankly into the distance. I could even list the number of times I've seen catholics have been insulted by protestants and vica versa under the cover of "humour" and some very white jaws being controlled. Lack of sensitivity or imagination is a problem and is especially high in male whites when they live in a core male white society. If this is "your society" what you do is right, right? And you are right I've even seen it the other way around in Saudi. And yes, I agree, other countries are even bigger d@@ s than the UK. Still, on the internet it is impossible to show or truly discuss these issues of perception. However I recommend watching "Make Bradford British" originally on Channel 4 but I bet is available on youtube. A man of some years tells the people he is insulting (using jokes that he has used for most of his life) that this is just humour and they very kindly sit him down and explain his humour is frankly very unpleasant and could he stop. Who knew? Enjoy. You raise a good point bobo. 70s, 80s and 90s tv programs from on the busses, Rising Damp, George and Mildred often grate on the ear now during reruns on drama channel.
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Post by JamesFrance on Nov 1, 2017 7:38:09 GMT
What has changed is that now everything seems to offend somebody. Even having a dislike for someone is now a phobia or a hate crime for which you can be imprisoned.
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Post by dodgeydave on Nov 1, 2017 11:11:14 GMT
Maybe its because you have a sense of humor and a pair . Rather than the over sensitive pu**ies who seem to run the planet now. I am a proud Essex boy , heard all the Essex jokes . Never took offence. Is that because you need the jokes explaining, being an Essex boy? I am still learning to reed and right . So best you explain 
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Post by toffeeboy on Nov 1, 2017 13:04:19 GMT
Maybe its because you have a sense of humor and a pair . Rather than the over sensitive pu**ies who seem to run the planet now. I am a proud Essex boy , heard all the Essex jokes . Never took offence. Is that because you need the jokes explaining, being an Essex boy? That reminded me of this joke Stub:
A blind man wanders into an all girls biker bar by mistake.
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee.
After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the waiter, “Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?”
The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is only fair — given that you are blind — that you should know five things:
1.The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2.The bouncer is a blonde girl.
3.I’m a 6 foot tall, 175 lb. Blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4.The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weightlifter.
5.The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler. Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?”
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and mutters, “No… Not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”
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