Joke from a Londener

[Ninot]

My brother works as a busboy at a local tourist-trap restaurant. They had a tour group from England tonight.

He struck up a conversation with one of them.

Brother: Where ya from?

Tourist: London!

Brother: Oh. Is it nice?

Tourist: Yeah, we have lots of bombs.





I dont know if its too early to be telling such jokes, but when I heard it, i couldnt stop laughing.

[notyoueither]

I think he was treating your brother like an American. Not sure if I'd be happy about that.

[Verto]

Yes, because Canadians who act like ignorant Americans should not be treated like ignorant Americans.

[notyoueither]

Well, I would say that asking if 'it was nice' a day or two after a mass bombing qualified him for the ignorant part.

The point being I wouldn't be laughing too much about having been given a hiding.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Ok i didnt see any where in the begining where any one was said to be an american Are we being a bit uhh i duno anti american now guys

[notyoueither]

No. We're mentioning stereotypes.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Ya know its funny, mexico and canada are both a third of north america. I wonder why it is that the canadians are called that and the mexicans that. what are thoseof us in the middle called? I know it aint the creamy white center of an oreo

[Peter Triggs]

Originally posted by notyoueither
I think he was treating your brother like an American. Not sure if I'd be happy about that.

I think you're being a typical culturally insecure Canadian.

As someone who lived in the UK for 34 years, I'd think it's more than likely that the Londoner was displaying normal British humour.

[Dr Strangelove]

It's nice to see that they still have a sense of humor.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
Ya know its funny, mexico and canada are both a third of north america. I wonder why it is that the canadians are called that and the mexicans that. what are thoseof us in the middle called? I know it aint the creamy white center of an oreo

Maybe we call ourselves Canadians, and they Mexicans? That leaves the folks in the middle calling themselves Americans.

Don't worry. We don't mind, except when some dumb Yank reaches for continental geography to prove that we too are Americans.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

What an inane twist you've added to this discussion, NYE.

It always comes down to "Canucks" versus "Yanks" for you, even when one is completely absent from the point.

[notyoueither]

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Im still trying to figure out what the hell a canuck is

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Verto
Yes, because Canadians who act like ignorant Americans should not be treated like ignorant Americans.

True. We're proud of our ignorance here.

[FrustratedPoet]

That isn't a funny joke. And I'm not saying that because it's about the bombings - it simply isn't funny on any level.