Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!mintaka!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!105!41.15!Adrienne.Barhydt From: Adrienne.Barhydt@p15.f41.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Adrienne Barhydt) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: is this funny? Message-ID: <14967@bunker.UUCP> Date: 12 Oct 90 19:46:46 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Adrienne.Barhydt@p15.f41.n105.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:105/41.15 - Busker's Boneyard, Portland OR Lines: 55 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 11106 In a message of , Douglas Zachary (1:137/10) writes: DZ>The joke was not funny. Many jokes are not funny, the wit is. Most DZ>Polish people that I know are not offended at Polish jokes. I am DZ>rarely offended at anY real joke. A fellow quad and I have a heck DZ>of a good time inventing quad jokes. Are we to be emotionally DZ>disabled and humor disabled because we are physically disabled? Who DZ>says? DZ>Q: What do you call a quad in a ditch? DZ>A: Phil. DZ>Q: What do you call a dog with no legs? DZ>A: Nothing, he won't come anyway. DZ>Q: How do you punish a blind person? DZ>A: Rearrange the furniture. >> JB> Q: Where does a one-armed para go? A: Around in circles. JB> JB> Enjoy it or forget about it. Cheers.. DZ> ; BH> Ok, here's one I heard of. BH>? What is the hardest part of a vegetable to eat? DZ> ; BH> The wheelchair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BH> (God I love doing that!) BH> BH> TTFN!!!! (sick joke R' us) DZ> DZ> Bill, that really is sick but I almost fell out of my wheelchair. DZ>Maybe I'll feel a little more protected around vegitarians now. DZ>Did you hear how they had to halt the leper hocky game, because they DZ>had a face off in the corner. I love this stuff. I feel great when I am able to laugh at myself. Have you seen any of John Callahan's cartoons? The one I have up in my cubicle at work shows a guy working at a hamburger stand with a sign on it "Tourette Syndrome Grill" and the guy behind the counter is handing a customer his ticket saying to him "You're order will be ready when I yell motherf***er". For me a lot of whether or not this stuff is funny is the context in which it is said, i.e. who is saying it to who and why. Telling each other this stuff here in ABLED is great. I'm not sure how I'd react in some general humor echo. Take it easy....but take it! Adrienne -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!105!41.15!Adrienne.Barhydt Internet: Adrienne.Barhydt@p15.f41.n105.z1.fidonet.org