OT: Northern Europe Pun

If I were with friends, it would be harder, because it would show on my face, but I would still probably not say anything. If someone gave you a gift and you didn't like it, would you say so?

Why say that a joke isn't funny? Why not just let the moment pass, unless the joke is offensive?

Elizabeth

What exactly can the EU do about Russian boats?

Elizabeth

"Dr. Brat" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Usually I would only say something if I deemed the joke to be racist or unkind to a portion of the population. The joke about Helsinki did not fit into that category.

Personally I am sick to death with jokes about Muslims/Immigrants etc. I believe some of this is propaganda at best, brain washing at worst and I don't let one pass anymore, especially ones about Immigrants without pointing out that I am an Immigrant myself. That usually embarrasses the teller, but they should have been embarrassed because they even thought the joke was funny, far less repeated it.

Rant...rant...rant lol

Start getting together to help, oversee and coerce the Russians to do more than leaving them to rot away until the reactors inside the subs become one with the ocean.

Hmmm, I'm not sure how amenable the Russians are to either help or coersion... I hope I'm wrong.

Elizabeth

I agree but see the problem becoming more urgent. I often hear items through the night on overseas transmissions from the surrounding countries and their position is not enviable to say the least.

Come On PAT , YOU KNOW very well that I don`t need a translation for that stupid Word game ,,, Or hasn`t it yet Sunk into your mind that i just don`t like offensive terms ,,, Hell is not a nice word ,,, mirjam

I bet you Tegan that my humour is as good as your`s , only it isn`t built on offending other people ,,, mirjam

Thryingname , an excellent point , most people here wouldn`t be so `brave` if they were sitting face to face with me or others in the same room ,,, mirjam

I don't normally top post, but this time it is hard to know where to begin. With a little pun on words that Mirjam decided to twist in some way into something bad, evil or whatever ? Or with her then rounding on Pat who tried to excuse her ? Or Mirjam castigating Tegan who never says anything nasty ?

Mirjam, in case you didn't notice - Johanna was not offended, merely puzzled. Hell is not exactly a word which is verboten these days! Kids in elementary school have gone so far beyond hell it's ridiculous. You were always getting your knickers in a knot about Daleks and their refrain and I thought people had got it through your head that it had zero to do with the holocaust and everything to do with television programming and the colloquial way English is spoken.

This is, for better or worse, a mainly English speaking ng and you have to accept that there are plays on words that are totally inoffensive even if you don't understand that. In future don't look if you see the word pun, usually in association with Fred, Gillian or Joan. Personally if I post something similar for them I shall put a cautionary "Don't Look Mirjam" in the header and that way we can avoid all this very silly brouhaha another time.

snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen),in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

You are right Pat. Being a Dane, there are LOTS of our words which are spelled the same, and are 'rude'/funny in other languages. I see word puns as creative, and I haven't come across any offensive ones yet (for me anyway)

I have some real beauts, if anyone is interested just say so.

Amber

Amber, there are several connoisseurs of puns on the list. We'll love them to pieces and defend you for posting them to the death.

Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I don't know about puns, but my, that's a fine piece of plagiarism lol

I second that!!! As long as you don`t mind the loud groans!

Pat P

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;)

1) on our elevators at the train station, there is a button you push called 'hertil', which means 'to here'. if the elevator is somewhere else and is moving in your direction the other button lights up...it says...'i fart' = in motion. 2) Two mice were going to run up one pant leg of a woman and come out the other side. One runs up then quickly comes out the same pant-leg. "what happened?" said the other mouse. "well, it was going well, when I

saw a cat lurking at the swing.

Pun: The danish word for cat, 'mis' is also slang for a woman's you-know what'

3) Three penises were going to the beach. One says "it's so hot I'm going swimming". The second one says "good idea, I'll join you". The third one says, "ok, I'll stay back and guard our wallets"

Pun: The Danish word for wallet, 'pung' is also slang for testicle.

Some other words:

smoking = tuxedo and = duck

Amber

And I'd wager right back that my sense of humor is probably a wee bit more open minded. I don't consider myself Christian, so could be wrong here, but Hell is supposed to be the name of the place that unredeemed sinners go, right? So, if you have more than the average (whatever THAT might be) number of sinners going there, then, well, golly gee, Hell just might actually sink!

And did you miss the point that I deal with puns about the state I live in on a regular basis? *I* don't get offended. Why bother? It's just people making a silly joke.

Now, I will apologize for suggesting you have no sense of humor, as there was really no excuse, but your remark just irked me at that moment in time. Tegan

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:

Boy, were you trying to bite my head off or did I just imagine those teeth whizzing by me?? Do you mean to sound so snotty? DISCLAIMER: if mine sounds snotty, I really don't mean it to.

Sorry I didn't include the quotes; I'm still new to this message board stuff and thought it would be obvious that I was referring to the two posts directly above mine. Now I know better and will include quoted posts when necessary. So, here they are:

"My gosh, Mirjam, do you have NO sense of humor? Tegan"

&

"I don`t think it`s so much that she has no sense of humour but that she doesn`t always translate it correctly! A lot of jokes don`t survive translation from one language to another. ;-)) Pat P"

Both of those, to me, are implying that if someone doesn't find something funny, it's because that person either doesn't get it or they have no sense of humor. I don't agree (and really doubt that's what they meant) which is why I asked for clarification on their positions. I was also just trying to join in on the conversation, getting to know people and such. So, if by your opening sentence your were trying to be snotty, then that was rude and there was no call to be rude. IF, however, you were stating essentially the same thing I was, only in a more harsh or direct way, then fine. I agree with you, especially about moods affecting what we find humorous. I hadn't thought of that, but it is definitely true for me. I'll come across something funny, save it, find it later and really wonder why I saved it!