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Started by Matthew P. Wiener
Thu, 27 Feb 1986 23:45
Non-Offensive Jokes
Author: Matthew P. Wiener
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1986 23:45
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1986 23:45
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A while back the question arose if non-offensive jokes existed. Jokes whose victims are chosen based on occupation seem to fit this category very well. There are the sharks that won't eat lawyers out of professional courtesy, the economists who assume a can opener, the mathematicians who are logical and useless, and so on. Here's one (probably well-known, but what the hay): If architects built buildings the way programmers program programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization as we know it. Now why are these de jure offensive jokes not de facto offensive, even to the intended victim? ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
Re: Non-Offensive Jokes
Author: Jeff Winslow
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 01:57
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 01:57
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In article <12086@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) writes: >A while back the question arose if non-offensive jokes existed. >Jokes whose victims are chosen based on occupation seem to fit >this category very well. > >Here's one (probably well-known, but what the hay): > >If architects built buildings the way programmers program programs, >the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization as >we know it. > >Now why are these de jure offensive jokes not de facto offensive, >even to the intended victim? 'Cause they can laugh all the way to the bank? Just a thought. Jeff Winslow "I'd rather have a fur" - Socrates
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