So Wrong but So Funny

[leonidas]

What are things you have laughed at which, upon consideration, are of questionable taste?

9/11 and terrorism jokes, racial jokes. etcetera.

[mephisto]

Do you laugh at atrocities like 9/11!?

[thalbergmad]

Racial jokes and religious jokes i can laugh at.

I have not heard any 9/11 jokes and would not want to.

Thal

[prometheus]

THe 9/11 video with the 'clown' music.

[leonidas]

Do you laugh at atrocities like 9/11!?

No, laughing at jokes in some way relating to the event is a little different.

I recently heard a quip regarding a Bin Laden's video in which he preaches about the enviromental concerns caused by fuel use and emissions...commenting that it was rich coming from him, a man who we would never have heard of without airtravel.

Edgy, controversial and bad-taste humour has a naughty feel to it, makes it that much more appealing in some ways.

[pianolearner]

No, laughing at jokes in some way relating to the event is a little different.

I recently heard a quip regarding a Bin Laden's video in which he preaches about the enviromental concerns caused by fuel use and emissions...commenting that it was rich coming from him, a man who we would never have heard of without airtravel.

Edgy, controversial and bad-taste humour has a naughty feel to it, makes it that much more appealing in some ways.

The only one I heard was a new airline, Bin Laden Airways which fly you straight into your hotel room.

[pita bread]

Remember that kid who flew a small plane into that building?

[0range]

What was the last thing going through Mr. Jones' head when he was working on the World Trade Center's 90th floor?

The 91st floor.



What's Al Qaida's favourite football team?

The New York Jets.



What kind of pizzas did they last order at the WTC?

Two large planes.

[counterpoint]

Bush had a blue eye as a result of eating a Pretzel 

[ahinton]

OK, so what about the composers' last laughs, then?

Both born in 1892 and each living to a far greater age than most of those who lost their lives in the non-WohlTemperierte Clavier buildings on that dreadful day, Ornstein and Sorabji respectively wrote piano works long before that event, of which the first was titled Suicide in an Airplane (and is reckoned to date from a time during WWI in which airplanes were fairly novel things) and the second subtitled He Was Laughing in the Tower (and dates from some quarter century or so later)...

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

alistair.  stop.  stop it!  you must stop.  stop your brain.  oh.  never mind.  let it go again.

[pita bread]

OK, so what about the composers' last laughs, then?

Both born in 1892 and each living to a far greater age than most of those who lost their lives in the non-WohlTemperierte Clavier buildings on that dreadful day, Ornstein and Sorabji respectively wrote piano works long before that event, of which the first was titled Suicide in an Airplane (and is reckoned to date from a time during WWI in which airplanes were fairly novel things) and the second subtitled He Was Laughing in the Tower (and dates from some quarter century or so later)...

Best,

Alistair

da Ali H genius 

[ahinton]

alistair.  stop.  stop it!  you must stop.  stop your brain.  oh.  never mind.  let it go again.

What's the matter, Susan? You sound abit upset...

Best,

Alistair

[mephisto]

Alistair that one was actually quite clever!

[ahinton]

Alistair that one was actually quite clever!

I do try my best...

Best,

Alistair

[term]

What do you get when you cross a black guy with an octopus?
I don't know either, but it sure can pick the hell out of some cotton.

Whats the difference between a black man and a snow tire? A snow tire doesn't sing gospels when you put chains on it

The person who told me these was black btw (and he almost pissed himself laughing  - me too btw).

I have nothing against such jokes. It's just humor. 

[counterpoint]

The person who told me these was black btw (and he almost pissed himself laughing  - me too btw).

I have nothing against such jokes. It's just humor. 

It's gallows humour. It only works, if the one who tells the "joke" is black.

[term]

It's gallows humour. It only works, if the one who tells the "joke" is black.

Well i tell these to many white people and they laugh 
It only becomes a problem if there's a black guy and he's offended.
But, i mean i can take the "romanians are dumb" or "romanians are hillbillies" jokes, too. You can tell if one really means to offend or not - and i don't, and usually it's clear or i make it clear.

[counterpoint]

Well i tell these to many white people and they laugh 

I do not have any doubt about that   

[term]

I do not have any doubt about that   

rubbish 
Where i live, people have no problem with skin color, and thats the reason why i can tell these jokes without having to think about "political correctness" (-.-). There is no ill will, not even remotely.
Contrary to where i come from, where black people are laughed at because of their lips and color etc etc ...

[thalbergmad]

But, i mean i can take the "romanians are dumb" or "romanians are hillbillies" jokes, too. You can tell if one really means to offend or not - and i don't, and usually it's clear or i make it clear.

I am sure there would be a lot less racial tension about if people learned to laugh at their differences.

In the UK, political correctness has destroyed this kind of humour, unless it is against white people. Trevor McDonald called Bernard Manning a fat white b*****d on national television and hardly an eyebrow was raised. If Bernard was still alive and had returned the compliment, he would probably now be in Court.

I do not remember finding anything offensive in jokes of a racial nature, but i am sure there are people that do.

Q. Why have seagulls got wings?

A. So they can beat the Romanians to the rubbish tip.

Thal

[leonidas]

I laughed at the Trev joke.

The thing is that Trev was making fun of racism...Bernie was actually making fun of race.

Not that I didn't find him funny..

[thalbergmad]

The thing is that Trev was making fun of racism...Bernie was actually making fun of race.

Yes, i think you could be right