weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) (11/17/88)
In article <8011@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, richmond@athena (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes: >[from s.c.jewish: very offended at some jokes in rec.humor.funny] >I am having some friends in Waterloo do some investigations into >Looking Glass Software, where Templeton works, their operations and >their clients. I am in the mood to take some "affirmative action" on >this individual. Does anyone at MIT consider himself a friend of Brad's, and is willing to return the favor and tell us all about J E D Richmond? ucbvax!garnet!weemba Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
brian@radio.astro.utoronto.ca (Brian Glendenning) (11/20/88)
In article <5877@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, skyler@ecsvax (Patricia Roberts) writes: > >[...] >(But really, folks, what were the jokes?) >[...] [NOTE: I am posting the text of the joke in this note, proceed accordingly] This is what happened (apparently, I only became aware of the debate with the recent rec.humour.funny posting). A couple of months ago I posted a note to rec.humour asking for Scottish jokes to give to my wife, who works at a hospital, ammunition against a recently-arrived Scottish doctor who is fond of telling "north american" type jokes. I collected jokes for a week or two and then posted a summary. Included in the summary was the joke: ---------- A Scotsman and a Jew went to a restaurant. After a hearty meal, the waitress came by with the inevitable check. To the amazement of all, the Scotsman was heard to say, "I'll pay it!", and he actually did. The next morning's newspaper carried the news item: "JEWISH VENTRILOQUIST FOUND MURDERED IN BLIND ALLEY". ---------- (this is from my copy of the summary, I didn't save the r.h.f posting but presume it is identical) Brad Templeton apparently found the joke amusing, culled it, and posted it unrotated to r.h.f. This is what started the ruckus. My own opinion is that this joke is mildly offensive and mildly amusing. My initial posting to rec.humour drew no angry replies (it did induce a few more jokes). (I got no response from the r.h.f article, but my .signature may not have been at the end, and at the time the From: header generated a useless address.) -- Brian Glendenning - Radio astronomy, University of Toronto brian@radio.astro.utoronto.ca uunet!utai!radio!brian glendenn@utorphys.bitnet