Re: Old and new prejudice


"moghouse" <tony.burrell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We were talking e few days back about really old jokes.I was told a
joke today that points up how much more vicious prejudice humour is
now.

1950s racial gag:

A fire station was to receive a new fire engine. The fire chief
thought some sort of blessing might be in order and arranged for the
local vicar to come. The watch chief went to the chief and asked if
the local priest could also come as there were catholics on his watch
and also the rabbi as he had a couple of jewish firefighters,

The day of the unveiling arrived and the vicar pronounced his blessing
and made the sign of the cross on the front of the engine. The priest
stepped forward and sprinkled holy water over the radiator. Then the
rabbi came up mumbled some hebrew words and cut three inches off the
hose pipe.

2008 racial gag:

The Metropolitan Police announced today that a Pakistani shoplifter
had been aprehended in Oxford Street. A reporter asked why the
prisoner had 38 bullet holes in his body. The police spokesmen
replied, "That was all the ammunition the arresting officers had on
them."

Odd thing is that the first on is a religous gag Judaism aint a race its a
religion or Sammy Davis Jnr would have had issues rather than tap shoes.

Derek


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