[bomp] Re: Black humor

[Don Williams <quickone@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Kip Shepherd" <kipshepherd@hotmail.com>
Subject: [bomp] Black humor
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:45:39 -0500


> >From: "Lenny Smith" <vze3c488@verizon.net>
> >
> >I like to think I'm as insensitive as the NEXT bastard, but as  
> bastards
> go,
> >you and Bard got me beat hands down.  Frankly, I laughed at Challenger
> >jokes, but even I have my limits when it comes to bad taste.
>
> It took exactly 1 year for any sort of 9/11 jokes to get to me.  Am I  
> out
> of
> the loop or is 9/11 not a joking matter?  I'm not asking this hoping  
> that
> there are any jokes, I just find it strange that there aren't any.
> Americans will usually joke about anything-is 9/11 off-limits even for
> black
> humor?
>
> For the record, the joke I heard was not that funny.  Not a bad taste
> not-funny, it was a not laughing not-funny.

This issue is discussed in-depth at  
http://www.temple.edu/isllc/newfolk/journal.html and  
http://www.coe.unco.edu/RosemaryHathaway/ENG238/Sept11archive/Jokes/ 
index.html, among others.

FWIW, I remember seeing jokes on the Internet within a day or two of  
the attacks. The largest collection I saw was UK-based.

If you want to see some actual jokes (mostly lame, unfortunately), go  
here:  
http://groups.google.com/ 
groups?q=%22WTC+jokes%22&start=40&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF- 
8&scoring=d&selm=3BAFB742.B9AB1364%40bellatlantic.net&rnum=47

- Don

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