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From: jmr@motown.UUCP (John M. Ritter)
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Subject: Re: Offensive humor
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 10:12:48 EST
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>>>In article <428@mmm.UUCP> mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (Michael Ross) writes:
>>>	The question: Are ALL jokes offensive in SOME way to SOMEone?
>>>Can anyone supply a joke that is completely inoffensive to anybody
>>>(yet still funny to someone)? 

>>Yes, there are plenty of jokes which are inoffensive. Here's three

>>1) A woman dreamt she was talking to God when He sneezed.
>>She didn't know what to say to that. (I didn't get it until
>>I thought of the usual response to a sneeze: God bless you?)

In article <2451@reed.UUCP> lauran@reed.UUCP (Laura Nepveu) writes:
>This may belong in net.religion, but I find this joke offensive
>on the basis that God is referred to as He.

>But here's one Chris told me:
>Why does the ocean roar?
>You'd roar too if you had crabs on your bottom.

Good Grief!! Give it a rest!
Hate to tell you Laura, you can't take it, but you can dish it out!! :-)
I find this joke offensive because it attacks those persons who have/had/
may get hemorrhoids. It also offends those people who have bottoms by
attacking their personal hygiene.

How about this joke:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
	To get to the other side.

No! No! No!!
This offends farmers insinuating that they do not care properly for
their livestock. Why would a chicken be in the road if it were not
for delinquency on the part of the farmer?

The fact is, Michael Ross it right. You tell a joke and 
by God^H^H^H Goodness you can make it offend anybody!
   (alomost offended somebody there...)

If you haven't noticed by now, this whole discussion should be moved
back to net.jokes because, you guessed it, it *IS* becoming a joke!

Gee, I hope I didn't offend anyone...
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