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Politically Incorrect Jokes from the Net

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When I came across this book of jokes,I just had to have it for my collection. There are several things worth commenting on with this book;so let me have a go at it;as the "Brits" might say.When one lives in a country like Canada,humor is a mish- match of humor from just about everywhere else. There are a few jokes about Canada and Canadians ,but what can be funny about Canoes,Beavers,Indians and Eskimos(oops,sorry about that,the political correct terms are Inuits,Native peoples and we're still looking for a "correct" label for beaver,and it's not "Water rat".I'm not surprised that you haven't heard a Canadian joke;they're not too common or even very good.Here's an example,"What's the difference between a Canadian Tourist and a canoe?..A Canadian tourist doesn't tip." So,for a laugh ,we turn on our most recent addition to our country,Newfoundland,who for some unknown reason joined Canada on April,1st ,1948...April Fools Day!!. They are called "Newfies" by themselves as well as the rest of us.The Newfies don't object to that label because to call them Canadians is politically incorrect...not to the rest of us ,but to them. As a matter of fact they are loved by all Canadians and both Newfies and Canadians feel it was the Government who pulled the joke on them. Here's an example of a Newfie joke. "An old Newfie fisherman died. His last wish was to be buried at sea. Sadly,his 3 sons drowned digging the grave."
Now back to the book,it was first published in Australia and Britain in 1998 and copyright 1995; and reprinted at least 14 times in '98,'99,'00,'01,'02 and '03.,; so most of the jokes have been around for some time. There is a lot of American political jokes about the Clintons,and nothing much at all from Britain or Australia. This surprised me. I often swap jokes with a friend who grew up in Korea. I once asked him how come he doesn't have any jokes from Korea. His reply was,"When you live in Korea,nothing's funny!.Maybe that's the problem with Britain.
A lot of the jokes in the book have been circulating for a long time but still retain their humor. Quite frankly,the jokes about computers and the net are quite dull,but then again this whole world is more about frustration than humor;at least to non-geeks.
If you like jokes that are quite long and end in a pun,you'll find many of this type here.
Towards the end of the book ,the authors have switched gears with a section called GIGGLE-BYTES;which includes things like; 27 definitions for IBM ,such as Industry's Biggest Mistake. A good number of Aphorisms,a bunch of "As much use as:--"A blind lifeguard","Condom Slogans","Forty-seven things that never happen in Star Trek","Mistakes made by Adolf Hitler",a large number of "Not the Full Quid",or as I like to call them "Insults",such as;"He couldn't write a dialogue foe a porno flick", "Smoke doesn't make it to the top of his chimney",or this one for teckies, "One bit short of a byte" and many more.
All in all,a pretty good collection of 450 pages of humor and as they say ;"Something old,something new ,something borrowed and something blue".

I have really enjoyed this book - excellent! Well worth a look, if a little politically incorrect!