> > !"blonde jokes are fun because i have brown hair"
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> Blodne jokes annoy me, because they all used to be Polish jokes that got "politically corrected," and political corectness bugs me. It bugs me even more when applied in such a nonsensical fashion; if the reason for changing something is so as not to offend anyone, what sense does it make to change it do a different group? Especially considering that the set of "blondes" is much, much larger than the set of "Polocks."

For me, the offensiveness of a joke (and conversation in general, for that matter) depends a lot on who's telling it to me. People I consider close friends can get away with practically anything. Acquaintances, no. I've only heard a very few jokes I considered offensive solely on their own merit, and most of them were more race-hatred stories than jokes -- ie, not funny to anyone but a total sicko.

We never had Polish jokes here; the Irish are the lucky ones. I have Irish ancestry and never found Irish jokes offensive in the least.

I'm mostly of Scottish descent, and my partner is mostly of Jewish descent. One of our mutual favourite jokes is one that makes fun of both. :-)

Brunnen-"first rule: jokes should be FUNNY"G