Bad Jokes & Ebonics

Henry M gravity at nicom.com
Wed Feb 19 00:24:02 CST 1997


The person who passed the "joke" on claims that it was as an example,
a comment, and I will accept that. To "pass it along" otherwise, or to
have written it, to amuse would be no less racist than an old
watermelon joke. Let's call a spade a spade. <chagrin>

On 18 Feb 97 at 21:51, grip at netcom.com wrote:

<snip>

> Really, Bonnie. If you commented that the prayer wasn't very funny,
> I'd agree with you. But to claim racial hatred as a motivation for
> writing it or simply passing it on is a bit too much without knowing
> the people involved.
> 
> grip

AsB4

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