Joke

[thetank]

Fair enough.

[Sark79]

I think it is wrong the way many newspapers always comment on the fact Heather Mills has a disability.  Why not say Heather Mills the ex-model or business women.   That is something that baffles me abit.

It is the same as Oscar Pistorius who is a South African runner in the paralympics. He has no legs, but still manages to set times that place him in able bodied events.  But the first question people ask is about his disability.  Why not say, how were you able to become such a talented athlete at age 18 and beat older, stronger opponents. Because regardless of his situation, at the end of the day , he is an amazing runner. He is going to try and run the 2008  able bodied olympics

Other examples include Alex Zanardi the racing driver who lost his legs in an Indy accident in 2002. He is now back driving and is just as good as before. But the media always report on his physical position before the fact he is one of the finest and bravest Touring Car drivers around . It must be very frustrating to be asked the same questions again and again

We live in a crazy world and I fear it will just get worse. I am dreading the time when we are eye scanned and discriminated against due to our genetics.  " Asthma, diabetes, heart disease... ingrowing toe nail.....  nope you don't qualify.... get in that line to pay ".  Healthy people go straight through.

[thetank]

Can I still poke fun at midgets?

*not being serious*

(perhaps only because I don't know any midget jokes)

[Sark79]

as long as they are shorter than 5'5 and a half inch

[Nem]

I think it is wrong the way many newspapers always comment on the fact Heather Mills has a disability.  Why not say Heather Mills the ex-model or business women.   That is something that baffles me abit.

It is the same as Oscar Pistorius who is a South African runner in the paralympics. He has no legs, but still manages to set times that place him in able bodied events.  But the first question people ask is about his disability.  Why not say, how were you able to become such a talented athlete at age 18 and beat older, stronger opponents. Because regardless of his situation, at the end of the day , he is an amazing runner. He is going to try and run the 2008  able bodied olympics

Other examples include Alex Zanardi the racing driver who lost his legs in an Indy accident in 2002. He is now back driving and is just as good as before. But the media always report on his physical position before the fact he is one of the finest and bravest Touring Car drivers around . It must be very frustrating to be asked the same questions again and again

We live in a crazy world and I fear it will just get worse. I am dreading the time when we are eye scanned and discriminated against due to our genetics.  " Asthma, diabetes, heart disease... ingrowing toe nail.....  nope you don't qualify.... get in that line to pay ".  Healthy people go straight through.

What has happened in their lives is unique in their fields they participate in. That is why the media emphasise on their disabilities. How many disabled runners have you heard of who can run as fast as an able bodied runner? How many motor racing drivers have no legs?

[tikay]

Political correctness is a funny thing.

One mans taboo is another one's fair game and vice versa.

Personally, I don't find anything to do with flicking baby monkeys, or any kind of cruelty to animals, remotely amusing.

Sorry if anything in this thread has offended anyone.

Very good point Tank.  I don't think any badness was meant in this thread. On reflection , the subject matter may be offensive to people. Heather Mills is a very brave lady of course and so is everyone else in a similar position.


Here is a light hearted joke to ease the situation.


Two zebras pondering
Two zebras are talking and one asks the other, "Am I black with white
stripes or white with black stripes?" The other replies, "Well I don't
know. You should pray to God about that and ask him." So that night he did
and God replied, "You are what you are." The next day he said to the other
zebra, "I still don't understand what I am because God just said, You are
what you are." The second zebra responds, "You must be white with black
stripes or else God would have said, Yo is what yo is."
 

I am not sure about this jioke Sark, these thngs are rarely black & white.

[thetank]

Yeah, but it must be frustrating when the disability they are trying so hard to overcome, is always used to define them.

[Sark79]

Yeah, but it must be frustrating when the disability they are trying so hard to overcome, is always used to define them.

Exactly. That was what I was trying to say. You do it better

[MrMoves]

guy i am the most un PC person out there when it comes to disabilties, i "walked" down the corridor of the spinal unit 10 years ago singing "you'll never walk alone", i call friends in my local wheelchair basketball team "crip" or "crips"
i have the name "ironside" from the fact thats what the boys in the pub called me after i ended in chair

all this is amongst people that i know and who know me, if someone i had never met called me "crip" or "cripple" even in fun he would be needing medical treatment this is due to the fact the term was being used to belittle me and make them look superior

if i knew heather we would proberly poke fun at each other disabilites and there would be no problem (all depends on her take on life) as neither of us would be trying to make the other person looksmaller than the other BUT i dont know heather and feel it would be wrong of me to make a joke about her disabilty.

i dont mind any blondite taking the mickey (within reason) about my disabilty (after all its part of me) just as i hope you guys dont mind me taking the mickey out of you. but i would prefer it if we dont take the mickey out of people we dont know just for something that makes them different from anyone else (disabilty or race etc etc)

This is why I like Ironside so much.  He takes no crap.

Neither should anybody with a disability.  I have problems myself but will laugh along with jokes that are clearly in fun, rather than reacting to more serious mocking or abuse, which has gotten me into trouble before... sorry officer, I was provoked.

I find the Heather Mills mocking pretty sick, but then *I* would.  Should a family member be maimed in a car crash tomorrow, would the same jokes still be funny?

 

[Highstack]

Wish I hadn't bothered now!

If any of you read the title of the thread it is called "Joke" not "Insult". That means that it is suppposed to be funny not offend. It isn't racist or sexist and it doesnt contain any bad language - that in itself is unusul these days.

I think by now someone in the public eye is aware enough to realise the ways of the world and I bet that it bothers most of you more than her.

Loosen up and join the real world.

[Royal Flush]

Wish I hadn't bothered now!

If any of you read the title of the thread it is called "Joke" not "Insult". That means that it is suppposed to be funny not offend. It isn't racist or sexist and it doesnt contain any bad language - that in itself is unusul these days.

I think by now someone in the public eye is aware enough to realise the ways of the world and I bet that it bothers most of you more than her.

Loosen up and join the real world.

Yay the best post in this thread

[JungleCat03]

I found the joke funny!

You can't censor a sense of humour. Things are either funny or not. It's instinctive. I often laugh at things that can be viewed as cruel or horrible. I don't think this is cos i'm a w** but jsut because they are funny.

Often the funniest things are those closest to the bone. People falling over - funny...boy throws ball into man's testicles....funny....drunk dances like loon at wedding and falls into wedding cake...funny. All of these things caused a small measure of misery for the people involved and around but at the same time, you see them happening you crack up.

I love Bill Hicks as a comedian - if u haven't seen him I highly reccomend him. He was always brutally honest in the way he viewed the world meaning he never made it into the mainstream in his lifetime, but the honesty and lack of censorship in his act made him remarkable.

[ifm]

i agree, humour is bereft of sentiment

[SimonH]

I found the joke funny!

You can't censor a sense of humour. Things are either funny or not. It's instinctive. I often laugh at things that can be viewed as cruel or horrible. I don't think this is cos i'm a w** but jsut because they are funny.

Often the funniest things are those closest to the bone. People falling over - funny...boy throws ball into man's testicles....funny....drunk dances like loon at wedding and falls into wedding cake...funny. All of these things caused a small measure of misery for the people involved and around but at the same time, you see them happening you crack up.

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Not really a valid point you have.

Matey falling over...he can get back up!

Mateys testicles getting hit by ball....bit of ice and a rest and it's ok.

Drunk matey dancing like a loon and falling in wedding cake....he will sober up and  a new cake can be baked.

Taking the mick out of someone with one leg...nahhh.

[Highstack]

Let me try again ..............................


A guy was on the motorway driving at 90mph when he noticed a blue flashing light behind him. He accelerates to 100mph and the car is still flashing behind him. He continues to accelerate to 110mph, 120mph, 130mph and the police finally catch up with him at 140mph.

He is pulled over into a lay-by and the policeman says “Did you realise we were following you at 90mph and you continued to accelerate to 140mph before we caught you?” He replied “yes, I saw you in my rear view mirror”. “Then can you explain why you didn’t stop please?” asked the officer.

The guy replied “last week my wife ran off with a copper and I thought that you were bringing her back!”