[GCFL-discuss] an Irish joke

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

a.  Who sent this? 
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 it.  So
what am I missing?

greenBubble


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Subject: [GCFL-discuss] an Irish joke


Olympic Ice Skating

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 without any 

 up then falling over again. Finally he crawls off the ice a tattered
and bleeding mess.
The Judges' scores read: Britain 0.0: Russia 0.0: United States 0.0:
Ireland 6.0

The other 3 judges turn to the Irish judge and demand in unison, "How
can you give that mess a 6.0?!"

To which the Irish judge replies "You've gotta remember, it's slippery
out there."


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