Re: The latest crime wave

Re > why do those who know where I come from think
it is all right to tell me redneck jokes

What I'd like to know is REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU COME FROM, why is it
alright for them to tell redneck jokes?

I'm not Polish, but I don't appreciate most Polish jokes.  Though, I must
confess that I (brunette) have been known to giggle at a blonde joke on
occasion.  What it usually comes down to for me is not to whom the joke
refers, but the joke itself.  If it has wit, if the humor is dry, if it
obviously took some intelligence to come up with the joke, and if its aim
(veiled or unveiled) is not to hurt anyone, I stand a good chance of
appreciating it at some level.  However, most of the redneck jokes and the
others you've mentioned don't meet my criteria.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] The latest crime wave


> In a message dated 12/21/2003 8:38:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> holmesbm@usit.net writes:
>
> > I once settled an argument between him and my sister
> > as to whether or not cows laid down.
> >
>
> Told them you get down from ducks, not cows?
>
> I get real "tetchy" about redneck jokes.  If it is not polite or
"politically
> correct" to tell Jewish, or Irish, or Polish, or Italian, or even dumb
blonde
> jokes to any of those people, why do those who know where I come from
think
> it is all right to tell me redneck jokes.  Or for that matter, I think old
age
> jokes are even more offensive. That said, I have a real problem finding
> funnies for my club's newsletters.  I guess old people and rednecks are
the only
> defenseless groups left.  Auralie
>
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