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Article #471Re: .. dyslexia (totally OT!!)
From: Oz
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:00
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In article <Rr9QMRAycmt4EwR3@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave <Dungeon@SpamNot.Here> writes > >(nb: apologies to Oz if he finds these offensive... but I taught in a >school for Dyslexic children, and they were fond of these jokes as >they found they could all tell them and not be singled out - that's >where I heard them!) Doesn't surprise me. You want jewish jokes then go to a, er, um, barmitzva (?), want jokes about cripples then try a ww1 rest home, you want dyslexic jokes then try a dyslexic school. It's a sign of people being aware of who they are and relaxed about it that they joke about themselves and how others see them. It's a way of defusing things. When lenny henry went on TV and made jokes about black people you just knew that (a few sad white people excepted: who objected) colour was not the issue it may have been in the past. I always remember on some radio programme where some 'caring' person asked a blind person how he felt about being visually impared. The blind guy said 'I'm not visually impared I'm bloody blind, and calling me visually impared doesn't help one bit'. Er, that's a long way of saying I'm not remotely offended. -- Oz
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