Nowt to do with me but, jokes are jokes and there is always some one or something getting the piss taken about them. If someone cracks a joke about a Scot or Scotland my response is to reply with a joke or something funny about the person telling the joke.
As an Irishman, I find this offensive Grahamm. Irish jokes went out of fashion a long time ago. Would you tell it to an Irishman face to face?
Quote from: mickdel on 12 October 2011, 12:18:01 pmAs an Irishman, I find this offensive Grahamm. Irish jokes went out of fashion a long time ago. Would you tell it to an Irishman face to face?Depends, does he a) have a chip on his shoulder or b) a sense of humour and an understanding that it's nothing personal?Tell you what, you post a stereotypical English joke and we'll find out which of those two categories I fall into...
That's the point. There aren't any stereotypical English jokes.
Do you also tell "Paki, Wog, Jew and Queer jokes" ?
Very brave man behind a keyboard Grahamm. Tell an Irish joke to my face if we ever meet at a Foc-U gathering, and I'll show you exactly how much of a sense of humour I have about this subject.
Quote from: mickdel on 13 October 2011, 10:27:31 amThat's the point. There aren't any stereotypical English jokes. Only because the "stereotypical Englishman" jokes tend to break down into stereotypical Geordie, Scouser, Posh Bird, Upper-Class Bloke, Working Man, Chav, Essex Girl, West Country Yokel etc etc etc...QuoteDo you also tell "Paki, Wog, Jew and Queer jokes" ? Yes, should I be Politically Correct and refrain from doing so? If so, should Chris Rock stop telling Nigger jokes? Should Rabbi Jackie Mason stop telling Jewish jokes? Should gays I know stop telling Queer jokes? Have you never told an Irish joke yourself? Or is it that *you* are allowed to because "I'm one of them..."? Have you *never* laughed at *any* stereotype-based joke because they're all offensive, or is it only ones that you find personally offensive?QuoteVery brave man behind a keyboard Grahamm. Tell an Irish joke to my face if we ever meet at a Foc-U gathering, and I'll show you exactly how much of a sense of humour I have about this subject. So because you don't like a joke, you're apparently threatening someone with physical violence? My mistake, you clearly have a balanced personality: A chip on *BOTH* shoulders!
FOR FOC'S SAKE GRAHMM - I was only pulling your leg!