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Thread #125075   Message #2767129
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
16-Nov-09 - 01:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: How long after can one make jokes about
Subject: RE: BS: How long after can one make jokes about
The "Anne Frank" joke makes an actual murdered child into an idiot.'

Sorry, but I don't fully comprehend the reasoning of this 'vital' distinction. Are you saying that nothing bad should ever be said of the dead? I know lot's of dead idiots. Some of them dead because they were idiots! Or are you saying that people should not be called idiots if they are not idiots? I don't know if Anne Frank was or was not, I'm afraid. I never met her but I think she was a pretty intelegent person judging by her writing. However if we were never to call make jokes based on incorrect or misinterpreted subjects then what is left?

Man walks into a bar. Ouch. It was an iron bar.

Sorry - can't say that - it makes men look idiots.

How can you tell when a drim lit is level. The drummer drools out of both sides of his mouth.

Nope - Suggests all drummers are imbaciles.

Did you hear about the politician who thought a three line whip was something inflicted by Sadie Whiplash.

Makes politicians look like...

Ah, maybe we should scratch that last one.

DeG