Joke thread

[Worthy4England]

Oh I dunno. Worked for me.

[SAMHATER's Hater]

SAMHATER - Biggest joke of the lot.

[Hoboh]

SAMHATER - Biggest joke of the lot.

Mirror Mirrow on the wall how low can I stoop before I fall?

[William the White]

Oh I dunno. Worked for me.

Was that this year or back in 1975?

[Worthy4England]

Oh I dunno. Worked for me.

Was that this year or back in 1975?

Oh for gawds sake. I'll stop laughing at everything that made me laugh 30 years ago, because it was all blatantly wrong.

Jaysus wept.

[TANGODANCER]

Oh I dunno. Worked for me.

Was that this year or back in 1975?

Oh for gawds sake. I'll stop laughing at everything that made me laugh 30 years ago, because it was all blatantly wrong.

Jaysus wept.

Sorry, WTW, but I'm with Gravedigger and Worthy on this one. As the first English born in a long line of Irish males, I have to say the Irish, in general, are one of the most humourous nations going. They also take the mick ( pardon the bad pun) out of the English, as have done the Scots and Welsh since time immemorial. We shouldn't get too straigt laced about humour. In time, these things will die with evolvement bu they're still part of our lives right now. No real crime commited.

[William the White]

I'm not strait laced nor censorious. Just thought it wasn't funny. Dated and dependent on outworn stereotyping. Threadbare.

If that makes you laugh, it's fine with me.

I don't think it's any good, no wit, no perception, no surprise. But if that bakes your banana, enjoy.

[TANGODANCER]

Stereotyping will last (IMO) for fair while yet. There are still plenty folk about who think all Spaniards are bullfighters or flamenco dancers and all Mexicans sleep on corners under sombreros just waiting for "the man with no name" to arrive. All Scotsmen wear kilts and There are still Leprechauns sitting under bushes in Ireland and all Aussies sit on wooden porches drinking XXXX or Fosters lager waiting for Skippy to bound up tell them somebody's stuck down a mine-shaft. All English politicians ae expense-fiddling rogues ( it's the nearest to truth) and all Catholic priests are paedophiles. It's a well-known dictum that all humour is based on (somebody else's) tragedy and just a way of escaping life's harsh realities. It's a tribal thing (you wouldn't walk into an Irish pub and start telling Irish jokes unles you had a death-wish, or start joking about Jews in a Cheetham Hill Synagogue) It's worked okay for a long, long time. Wonder what folk will joke about (if anything) in thirty years time?

[seanworth]

Stereotyping will last (IMO) for fair while yet. There are still plenty folk about who think all Spaniards are bullfighters or flamenco dancers and all Mexicans sleep on corners under sombreros just waiting for "the man with no name" to arrive. All Scotsmen wear kilts and There are still Leprechauns sitting under bushes in Ireland and all Aussies sit on wooden porches drinking XXXX or Fosters lager waiting for Skippy to bound up tell them somebody's stuck down a mine-shaft. All English politicians ae expense-fiddling rogues ( it's the nearest to truth) and all Catholic priests are paedophiles. It's a well-known dictum that all humour is based on (somebody else's) tragedy and just a way of escaping life's harsh realities. It's a tribal thing (you wouldn't walk into an Irish pub and start telling Irish jokes unles you had a death-wish, or start joking about Jews in a Cheetham Hill Synagogue) It's worked okay for a long, long time. Wonder what folk will joke about (if anything) in thirty years time?

That Catholic Priests ar paedophiles for a start.

[Worthy4England]

I'm not strait laced nor censorious. Just thought it wasn't funny. Dated and dependent on outworn stereotyping. Threadbare.

If that makes you laugh, it's fine with me.

I don't think it's any good, no wit, no perception, no surprise. But if that bakes your banana, enjoy.

Indeed - maybe the Irish will all stop telling Kerrymen jokes too.

Let's all stop laughing because the stereotypical Irishman now has a Degree.

Ivor Davies has been running the same jokes for a lifetime. I know most of the punchlines. They still make me laugh.

[Eire_Trotter]

I'm not strait laced nor censorious. Just thought it wasn't funny. Dated and dependent on outworn stereotyping. Threadbare.

If that makes you laugh, it's fine with me.

I don't think it's any good, no wit, no perception, no surprise. But if that bakes your banana, enjoy.

Indeed - maybe the Irish will all stop telling Kerrymen jokes too.

Let's all stop laughing because the stereotypical Irishman now has a Degree.

Ivor Davies has been running the same jokes for a lifetime. I know most of the punchlines. They still make me laugh.

Can't remember the last time I heard and IrishMAN tell one of these. More so a kids thing TBH.

[TANGODANCER]

The English have been the butt (and still are) of jokes for donkey's years. Does the average Englishman wear a pin-stripe suit, carry a rolled umbrella and a copy of the Times to work? Do we all drink tea with little fingers raised and say " say old chap" to everything? A lot of non-English thougt so for long enough. I can't remember any outrage wars starting about it.

[William the White]

The English have been the butt (and still are) of jokes for donkey's years. Does the average Englishman wear a pin-stripe suit, carry a rolled umbrella and a copy of the Times to work? Do we all drink tea with little fingers raised and say " say old chap" to everything? A lot of non-English thougt so for long enough. I can't remember any outrage wars starting about it.

is there an outrage war?

where?

[Eire_Trotter]

The English have been the butt (and still are) of jokes for donkey's years. Does the average Englishman wear a pin-stripe suit, carry a rolled umbrella and a copy of the Times to work? Do we all drink tea with little fingers raised and say " say old chap" to everything? A lot of non-English thougt so for long enough. I can't remember any outrage wars starting about it.

is there an outrage war?

where?

Speaking of where. Where are all the jokes??

[Lord Kangana]

Shakespere walks into a bar.....

[Eire_Trotter]

Shakespere walks into a bar.....

Go on???

[Lord Kangana]

Barman says "you might be reet good at writing them plays, but you're not so clever at spotting a big f*ck-off piece of wood like this, are you".

Its more anecdotal, really.

[Eire_Trotter]

Barman says "you might be reet good at writing them plays, but you're not so clever at spotting a big f*ck-off piece of wood like this, are you".

Its more anecdotal, really.

Ahhh Yes .

[thebish]

The English have been the butt (and still are) of jokes for donkey's years. Does the average Englishman wear a pin-stripe suit, carry a rolled umbrella and a copy of the Times to work? Do we all drink tea with little fingers raised and say " say old chap" to everything? A lot of non-English thougt so for long enough. I can't remember any outrage wars starting about it.

calm down Tango - there is no "outrage war" and nobody has alleged that a "crime" has been "committed"

you're right - there is a place for the Bernard Mannings of this world - and you are welcome to that brand of humour - really you are - go ahead and lap it up.

Muslims are terrorists... the Irish are thick - ha-fecking-ha

yes - stereoptyping exists - but that doesn't make that list of jokes funny - witless, tired, lazy, contrived drivel...

but - nobody is stopping you chuckling away in your little corner - carry on - there's no challenge to your humour rights here.

[TANGODANCER]

The English have been the butt (and still are) of jokes for donkey's years. Does the average Englishman wear a pin-stripe suit, carry a rolled umbrella and a copy of the Times to work? Do we all drink tea with little fingers raised and say " say old chap" to everything? A lot of non-English thougt so for long enough. I can't remember any outrage wars starting about it.

is there an outrage war? where?

I'm sure you understand my point WTW. I didn't say you were starting one, (although you certainly expressed diapproval) , but tell me they don't exist. A sense of humour hurts no one, although it differs in most of us. In this case, the topic was the Irish. Listen to the Dubliners, Clancy Brothers, Tommy Mackem etc if you wan't to hear mickey-taking.