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Thread ID: 119499	2011-07-26 03:25:00	The Irish Mirror	Zippity (58)	PC World Chat

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1219156	2011-07-26 03:25:00	After living in the remote countryside of Ireland all his life, an old Irishman decided it was time to visit Dublin . In one of the stores he picks up a mirror and looks in it . Not ever having seen one before, he remarked at the image staring back at him . 'How 'bout that!' he exclaims, 'Here's a picture of me Fadder . ' He bought the mirror thinking it was a picture of his dad, but on the way home he remembered his wife didn't like his father, so he hung it in the shed, and every morning before leaving to go fishin', he would go there and look at it . His wife began to get suspicious of these many trips to the shed . So, one day after her husband left, she went to the shed and found the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As she looked into the glass, she fumed, 'So that's the ugly ***** he's runnin' around with . '	Zippity (58)
1219157	2011-07-26 04:52:00	Thank you, Zippity. Irish jokes are always good. The only race in the world that you are able to make jokes about without being called racist. Now if you subsituted "Maori" for "Irish" and had him visit Auckland you would be in big trouble. All the do godders would come out of the woodwork and castigate you for being so racist.:illogical It's a good thing that us Irish have thick skins, eh?:D	Ulsterman (12815)
1219158	2011-07-27 00:01:00	Hey Ulsterman, This joke is just as funny is you remove the word Irish/Irishman from it, but it does rely on an offensive Irish stereotype . I'd rather it was edited to remove the words Irish/Irishman, but it's mild . I'd say it's borderline, but if someone has a problem with it, let me know, and it will be removed . I really don't think you want me here policing every joke, though I appreciate you requesting that i elucidate my personal opinion . I'd rather people use common sense . (also, re: Irish vs Maori, I factor in that Irishness has very different connotations in NZ vs UK, and that I've left at least one Maori joke because it didn't play on offensive stereotypes . If in doubt, feel free to report anything you think I should take a look at . I can't read everything: that's why I have trusted mods . )	Zara Baxter (16260)
1219159	2011-07-27 00:21:00	I'd like to know whether the Irishman's wife was called Zara .... and if she was blonde .... :D (ducks quickly behind desk to avoid flying objects from mods)	SP8's (9836)
1219160	2011-07-27 01:00:00	I'd like to know whether the Irishman's wife was called Zara .... and if she was blonde .... :D (ducks quickly behind desk to avoid flying objects from mods) Nah, my aim is terrible. As are my hair-dying skillz.	Zara Baxter (16260)
1219161	2011-07-27 02:10:00	Zara: I was trying to make two points: First, I don't care how many Irish jokes anyone makes, which is an opinion shared by most Irishmen. The Irish find it very easy to laugh at themselves and are quite happy if other people laugh at the Irish. I can't imagine that too many Irishmen are even slightly offended at any sort of Irish joke. We just don't care. Second, I don't understand why you seem to have the need to be offended for or on behalf of someone else - what I called "righteous indignation." Do you think that some people are unable to stick up for themselves and need someone like yourself to stick up for them? Have you even asked these people that you percieve may be offended if they are, in fact, offended? So you are just making an assumption that they may be offended and so feel the need to act? It seems that way. The simple fact is that the majority - like the Irish - don't care. As I said before, you need to lighten up.	Ulsterman (12815)
1219162	2011-07-27 04:13:00	Maybe I should have said: After living in the remote countryside of Ireland all his life, a Politically Correct older person of the male gender decided it was time to visit Dublin. :annoyed::annoyed::annoyed::annoyed:	Zippity (58)
1219163	2011-07-27 05:05:00	I'd say it's borderline, but if someone has a problem with it, let me know, and it will be removed. I bought a joke book when I was in Ireland and it was every Irish joke you could wish to hear with County Cork throwing off at County Kerry. I think it is time to stop being so PC.	mikebartnz (21)
1219164	2011-07-27 05:13:00	I bought a joke book when I was in Ireland and it was every Irish joke you could wish to hear with County Cork throwing off at County Kerry. I think it is time to stop being so PC. Couldn't aggree more.:clap	Roscoe (6288)
1219165	2011-07-27 05:13:00	I'm not offended on someone else's behalf, and I'm far from righteously indignant. I am telling you that jokes based on offensive stereotypes are innappropriate on these forums. They will be edited, removed, deleted and otherwise deemed unwelcome. This is not up for discussion. It's in the rules. Number 3: go look it up. [Edit: er, make that 1&2. *cough*] I'm at the top of the chain when it comes to upholding and enforcing the rules, and I take that seriously. I expect people to abide by the rules. It's called being considerate. It's really not that hard. Perhaps it's time to remind you all that the rules are up for revision. Since you all have an issue with them, perhaps you'd like to send me some feedback about how they should be altered? Thread closed.	Zara Baxter (16260)
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