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size=2>b. What makes this an Irish joke? The fact that a character
in a joke is of a particular ethnicity does not an ethnic joke make. There
has to be something stereotypical (real, perceived or otherwise) about
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Subject:</B> [GCFL-discuss] an Irish
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Olympic Ice Skating<BR><BR>It is the Olympic
men's figure skating. Out comes the Russian competitor, he skates around to some
classical music in a slightly dull costume, performs some excellent leaps but
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN class=793022515-17032006> </SPAN>up
then falling over again. Finally he crawls off the ice a tattered and bleeding
mess.<BR>The Judges' scores read: Britain 0.0: Russia 0.0: United States 0.0:
Ireland 6.0<BR><BR>The other 3 judges turn to the Irish judge and demand in
unison, "How can you give that mess a 6.0?!"<BR><BR>To which the Irish
judge replies "You've gotta remember, it's slippery out
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