[471] in Humor
HUMOR: PC ethnic jokes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Mon Oct 3 11:00:08 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 10:54:20 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 22:14:14 -0600 (MDT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN%ARIES@VAXF.Colorado.EDU>
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Reposted from eunet.jokes
>From: bks@ircam.fr (Bennett Smith)
>Subject: Foreign language jokes (plus some ethnic jokes)
>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 94 10:16:57 GMT
>===================== GENERIC ETHNIC JOKES =====================
>[1]
>OK, so there were these three different ethnics, see? And they needed to
>get this task done. So the first one tries... and he fails. But he fails
>in a way that is characteristic of his ethnicity. So the second one says
>"Here, I'll do it," and he tries and _he_ fails... in a way that is
>characteristic of _his_ ethnicity, but _analogous_ to the way the first
>guy failed. So the third guy says "Come on, let me try." So he tries
>and HE fails... in a way that is characteristic of his ethnicity but NOT
>analogous to the way the first and second guys failed!
>[2] (you wanna joke in english? Try reading this gallstone!)
>A person belonging to an ethnic group whose members are commonly
>considered to have certain stereotypical mannerisms met another
>person belonging to a different ethnic group with a different set
>of imputed stereotypical mannerisms. The first person acted in
>a manner consistent with the stereotypes associated with his ethnic
>group, and proceeded to make a remark which might be considered
>to establish conclusively his membership in that group, whereupon his
>companion proceeded to make a remark with a double meaning, the first
>meaning of which could be interpreted to indicate his agreement with
>his companion, but the other meaning of which serves to corroborate his
>membership in his particular ethnic group. The first person took
>offense at his remark, and reacted in a stereotypical way!
>[3] (the shortest and sweetest)
>Q: How many people belonging to a certain ethnic group does it take
> to perform a particular menial activity?
>A: A finite positive integer. One to perform the activity, and the
> rest to behave in a manner stereotypical of their ethnic group!
>(and now for a UNIX joke:)
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