[GCFL-discuss] an Irish joke

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

a.  (oops) Jeanene
b.  a website on the Internet defined it as a joke.
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  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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