What saddens me is the vitriol unleashed on any subject discussed on Mudcat!

Scanning quickly down the Mudcat 'Third Joke Thread 2007' I can see jokes about :- English, Welsh, French, German, Austrian, Irish, Czech, Russian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Men, Blondes, Jews, Priests, Lawyers and old people.

We often make jokes about Bodhran, Banjo and Bass players. Drummers come in for a lot of 'stick' as well (sorry about the pun)[no I'm not].

This does not make us racist etc. just human.

The joke which has been repeated here many, many times is not racist unless you want it to be.

Whats the difference between a Paki and a bucket of shit? The bucket!
Whats the difference between a Banjo player and a bucket of shit? The bucket!
Whats the difference between a drummer and a bucket of shit? The bucket!
Whats the difference between Tony Blair and a bucket of shit? The bucket!
Whats the difference between a racist and a bucket of shit? The bucket!

The joke is the twist – the bucket.

By the way, I could not stand BM because of his bullying type of humour. Pick on someone in the audience (like the waitresses)and ridicule them? That is bullying but not necessarily racist!
I rarely saw him on Tv and then only by accident, I would not care to see him live (would probably walk out if he performed anywhere I was) but that was my choice.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder - so is racism!
The guy is dead and his humour will die with him! R.I.P.