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Gay Community Admits The Whole Thing Was A Joke
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Des Custard
offlineMemberCan't disagree with that Oxo. I am worried about your inferiority complex in the North London football department though; it obviously bothers you constantly.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Textbook
offlineMemberI considered making a sub along these lines after seeing the initial response.
UN Rules Gay Jokes Not Funny
"Elton John is a very rich man and he enjoys using his wealth to buy everything that his partner David Furnish desires" read Ban-Ki Moon in an extremely stern and stentorian manner. "Yes, Elton certainly loves splashing out on David."
Around the room, delegates were ashen-faced and pale, many shaking their heads with closed eyes and downturned faces.
"This" said Moon "is what is known as a 'gay joke'. Like all humour, it is a vicious, mean-spirited condemnation of its subject, a thin veil for the utmost hatred and contempt contained within. If you laugh at that joke, if you smile at it, if you even recognise it as an attempt at humour, you are a disgusting and twisted little person who deserves to be shot."
The ruling follows Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial stand-up spot at last summer's UN Weekend Getaway & Talent Show event. "Four gay guys went into a bar and there was only one chair. No problem, they said, we'll just turn it upside down." This and other "jokes" (this newspaper refuses to print the one about what you call a gay man in a wheelchair) received a frosty response and led to the session where all countries voted that homosexuality was not funny, though it is believed that poor translation led some of the Middle Eastern nations to think they were voting that homosexuals were not funny. "That Graham Norton is just too shrill and could Little Britain be any more repetitive?" said King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
Some were surprised to see noted anti-gay African nations like Uganda lend their support to the ruling. The Ugandan representative said that homosexuality was not a source of amusement or laughter. "I think it's disgusting and horrible and dirty and wrong. How could I laugh about that?"
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But then thought it might be seen as kind of having a go at Gerontius. It's really having a go at the idea that making jokes about something is equivalent to attacking something. It certainly can be, but not necessarily. Anyway, if Gerontius doesn't mind, I might make this as an actual sub.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Gerontius
offlineMemberI was going to do a piece about the gay muslim who was executed - he didn't actually come from London, he was just there for a show. But the moments gone.
‘What do you call a gay man in a wheelchair’?
I’m betting it’s not nice, how about something like....’lucky to escape – work in progress – anything you like, nobody will give a fuck – a result’
Hours of funPosted 2 years ago # -
Zadok the second
offlineMemberLess an Americanism, more a brand name for a heartburn product, a bit like Gaviscon.
So the sort of poor, unfunny pun that has no comedy-derived reason for existing, and therefore only gets wheeled out as a fan to cover someoneone's desire to be offensive.
Posted 2 years ago # -
John Wiltshire
offlineMember'Wheeled out' - nice one! Or not...
I still find it, er, interesting that people like the ghastly Frankie Boyle and co wil make 'jokes' about gays, the disabled, Jews, Christians - but I haven't heard many amusing remarks from them about Muslims... When there was all that fuss about the cartoons (there was a good one of a Muslim with his headdress turned into a bomb), I offered people a link to a web site showing all of them in full (most weren't very clever or offensive, imho), but very few took up the offer. I think Private Eye was the only honest organ around - they said they weren't going to publish any of them because they didn't want to be blown up or killed.
So, Frankie and co, carry on having a go at gays (I'm not one, but I have some fab gay friends). Christians (I am one), Jews, the disabled, etc., etc and any other soft target you can find. Just don't pretend you're 'cutting edge' until you've stood on stage and told the same amuont of anti-Muslim jokes.
Blimey, I've got serious! Must be Friday...
Posted 2 years ago # -
Scroat
offlineMemberMaybe because jokes about minorities are really jokes about the bigots who really believe they all ought to be shot etc. As per Alf Garnett etc. Well mostly. I can't credit Jim davidson with this subtlety.
With Muslims it's just a matter of not wanting to risk them not getting the 'real' joke.
Discuss.
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