Aunc.1575 net.jokes utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!wm Sat Dec 12 17:59:18 1981 ethnic jokes I don't mind telling polish or jewish jokes, but only] because I am polish and jewish. This, however, only works if the person hearing the joke knows it too. How about replacing the ethnic reference in these jokes with the meta-pronoun "moron". I.e. Did you hear about the moron who joined the FBI but was hospitalized with severe burns on his mouth? His first mission was to blow up a bus. Of course, this won't work for polish pope jokes. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.