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Political Correctness Police
June 12 2016
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RHP User
10 years ago
Isn't their office just up the hall from the Fashion Police?
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Tall74nHard9
10 years ago
I too have been brought up with the same terminology for those cute lil critters (the penguins, I mean), and that is what I best know them as also. To my best recollection (without resorting to backchecking) the PC started to come in around the 60's to early 70's, depending upon the particular grouping the "incorrect" terminology related to. This was the era the "minority" groupings, for lack of a better description, started to enter the fray with more politically acceptable terminology for their own groups. I don't know the sequence of events, but again purely from my own memory, it started to revolve around the black rights movements in America in the early 60's (or before ?), and once that got momentum, gradually other groups started to voice their requests as well. Politicians, as usual, that wanted to keep support for their own careers, had to start using "politically correct" language to keep voters "on-side", or so as to not be in a position to potentially offend any particular minority grouping. The ball just kept on rolling to the extent that it is today, whereby you can't even describe criminal offenders by their national background characteristics. In my opinion it has all gone too far in particular circumstances - common sense has been over-ruled in many areas. Tall
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RHP User
10 years ago
...like a bit of fairy dust. C'mon, let's tiptoe out to the promenade and I'll buy you some fairy floss. Just go easy with racist slurs like ''yank my chain''.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Lol, ahhh they are left wing nut jobs. The left introduced political correctness here and everywhere. Cant call a black board a black board its a chalk board!......you cant say policeman its police officer.....it gets better, manhole=utility hole.......handicapped should be just plain old fucking handicapped but oh no that's offensive!.........uneducated=lacking a formal education........old people apparently aren't old people they are seniors.........black listed=banned.........really fucking fat=BBW, fuck I hate this shit. Some things have changed for the better but overall its created a society of very fragile intolerant people which is ironic. Surprisingly our household is not politically correct, if I put my hand on a hot plate to see if its hot ( and it is ) then according to Mrs S I'm a fucking spastic, which is fair enough, and more to the point I'm not offended on behalf of all spastics.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' I came up with that username for an American RHP-er once (after he rejected "Yankeedoodle"). You calling me a racist? Nooooo .... you are a sexiest. Did I spell that right? Being a raciest is too much like hard work. Now had I called you a cute little 'roo roper, we might be on for one and all!
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MsSuperFoxy
10 years ago
Don't worry....I question things too. Lol I spoken too today (in a private conversation) for questioning something. Who are "they" and who decides?? I remember an uproar in Toowoombas community over a name of a grand stand, named after a famous footballer. Apparently it was the use of the "N" word, which had nothing to do race or color. I'm not sure if his name is still there?? I do know the stand got demolished. Ms Foxy xx
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RHP User
10 years ago
Dont go changing my fairy bread... Or there will be hell to pay.
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MrFit71
10 years ago
I believe the correct term now is "diminutive elf bread"
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RHP User
10 years ago
Gonna bust a stubbie, fire up ''Short People'' by Randy Newman on my black iPhone and blow a fag. I've actually quit as I can't smoke any legal twisties indoors anyway. Bloody decency police could fuck up a wet dream.... and won't explain the soggy fairy bread!
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RHP User
10 years ago
perhaps consider "Birds of a feather.. flock together"
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RHP User
10 years ago
Check out John Cleese on political correctness, nails it.VJ Day is what I was brought up with no amount of revisionism will change that. So PC makes me uncomfortable as it shows up the anachronism I live in.It's OK for African Americans call each other by that word, same same for Gays to call each other P****. I dare not utter those words...
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RHP User
10 years ago
He called a redhead kid a ranger (I think). He was confused and so was I. Neither of us had heard the word before so when he heard it he thought it was funny name for a redhead, until he got into trouble. I don't get my knickers in a knot when someone calls me Blondie. Now Cunt on the other hand drives me wild, unless you are talking directly to my ..... Nevermind, I'm getting distracted from the topic. But then again, I usually am away somewhere with the fucking fairies 🦄🦄🦄
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RHP User
10 years ago
...isn't the name "Fairy Penguin" one of the accepted names for the species of Little Penguin? Lots of animals...particularly birds and fish...have multiple accepted names. I'd give someone an earful if they implyed I was a bigot in this case. Just sayin'....
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twowithnolimits
10 years ago
it is politically in correct to criticise political incorrectness! tsk tsk
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Tall74nHard9
10 years ago
Is that "away somewhere with the fucking fairies" or "away somewhere fucking the fairies" ?? And Koolgrey, you can actually get into big sh*t calling them fa*ry penguins now - they are now officially little penguins. Tall
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RHP User
10 years ago
politically incorrect and the political correctness police are all over the forum, I'm the former, and the latter shit me. Sorry, not having a go at you, welcome to your first post btw lol and call the penguins whatever you damn well like I'm sure the penguins don't care, so why care what the other said control freaks think, I don't
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Tall_n_Hard' Is that "away somewhere with the fucking fairies" or "away somewhere fucking the fairies" ?? Someone at work gave me a little bottle of absinthe. Man, that fairy was well and truely fucked!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Thanks everyone for the info & laughs and confirming its not just me. They are officially little penguins, but if we all keep calling them fairy penguins maybe we can start a new movement. And I agree the people that think the worse when they here something are the bigoted, small minded ones that really need to get a life. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Willow_1' Dont go changing my fairy bread... Or there will be hell to pay. It's the dark side to pay
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RHP User
10 years ago
All I say is that's not a fairy penguin that's dinner!! Hahaha let the political dicks start on that one. Have to agree I call them fairy penguin's, talk about political correctness gone wrong what about golliwog biscuits or ba ba rainbow sheep? - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Apparently calling a group of people "guys" is unacceptable and sexist toward women?????? There was an uproar about it on the local radio station recently. FFS I am so glad there are no political correctness police where I work. We would all be put in jail and the key thrown away. In my family we joke about having express tickets to hell. No political correctness here😈
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Tall74nHard9
10 years ago
of Summers posting, I was also thinking just along the lines of other penguin names last night. What about the 'Emperor', 'King' and 'Royal' penguins ? Surely that is a form of discrimination from the other penguins' point of view ? And then we have the 'African' penguin - what sort of connotations can be read into that ? Not to mention the 'Erect-Crested' penguin - surely that would have to qualify as well. Then we have the poor old 'Macaroni' penguin - bethcha that poor old bird cops a hiding too. Tall
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Tall74nHard9
10 years ago
Quoting 'SuperFoxxxy' Don't worry....I question things too. Lol I spoken too today (in a private conversation) for questioning something. Who are "they" and who decides?? I remember an uproar in Toowoombas community over a name of a grand stand, named after a famous footballer. Apparently it was the use of the "N" word, which had nothing to do race or color. I'm not sure if his name is still there?? I do know the stand got demolished. Ms Foxy xx ....remember this particular story. The 'N' description was actually the nickname for that person, and nothing was ever really thought of it in the local context. Tall
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RHP User
10 years ago
...amongst the various racial or cultural groups, they will use those ''terms and slurs'' almost as a sign of comradery and wear it as a badge of honour. You've been accepted in to their circle of friends once they speak to you that way too... it's already identified as being stupid fun amongst friends who, if anything, are taking off the racist and bigots. Too bad ol' Archey Bunker isn't around... he would have made a better president than either Trump or Clinton. ... I'm out. Trapped me a mess o' them fairy penguins and gonna slosh down a few jars of white ligntenin' and bar-b-que the little bastards that done cause all this grief. I'll report back if they really do taste like ... Aunt Jemima's Southern Fried chicken. I only eat the white meat!
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LeMerovingien
10 years ago
I think there's an acceptable level of PC to be had in public, after all strangers will often be hard pressed to know whether or not you believe/mean what you say and I can understand some things causing offence. But the word fairy? I mean come on! I'm very politically incorrect amongst friends and family, my group of friends is very multicutiral and racist/sexist comments fly left right and centre but no one takes offence. I've been called a 'cheese eating surrender monkey' and not given it a second thought but you'd get a mouthful from me if you're a stranger telling me that in public. I think it's mostly contextual but a lot of people do take it too far. And some not far enough.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I had thought today about putting up a thread around the words to a Billy Joel song.... ''The Stranger'' We never know what we may find until the masks fall away. Be well... sometimes those that are the least amongst us are those that are the greatest gift. I'll leave it for now.
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RHP User
10 years ago
... call a spade a spade. "Political Correctness" in certain situations and at certain extremes is akin to treading on eggshells around people with egos so hypersensitive that the mere utterance of a word not even remotely meant to offend them in any way at all, becomes misconstrued as mean-spirited / nasty / discriminatory, etc. I think one has to develop a thick skin at some stage, in order to interact well with others and to not only survive, but to thrive in society. Political correctness, taken to unbelievable extremes as in the OP's encounter, reeks of folks who go around life wanting to be mollycoddled and bubble-wrapped and when one is around them, it is so very stressful and tense because you never know when you will inadvertently say something neutral / funny that turns out to be offensive to them. A symptom of the "I, Me, Myself" mentality, perhaps? "Because I am fragile and hypersensitive, EVERYONE around me has to watch what they say so that it pleases ME and does not upset ME because the world revolves around ME." Not too many generations ago, people grit their teeth and went through the School of Hard Knocks. Everyone survived with a tougher hide and learnt to cope when people / situations are unpleasant. Now, too many refuse to go through the rigorous training in the School of Hard Knocks but instead, demand that everyone else changes to accommodate their fragile egos / feelings. The Prima Donna Syndrome, I call it. Sign of the times...
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RHP User
10 years ago
I worked at mildmay hospital in London and all of the HIV victims had a wonderful sense of humour. They called HIV the gay slimmers disease. So many of them made a lot of awful jokes about HIV, and no one ever took offence.
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RHP User
10 years ago
lol, I've now got no identity! I can't be the white sheep...where do I go from here?? 😣 - Posted from rhpmobile
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LeMerovingien
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' Quoting 'leeleigh'misskez, I work in education and we are discouraged from singing baa baa black sheep! Its now baa baa rainbow sheep!! ffs! When will it end 😕 But surely you cannot say you're the rainbow sheep of the family, because someone ignorant might think you're offending the LGBTI community? Exactly what I thought too.
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LeMerovingien
10 years ago
Laughter is the best medicine. I think it says a lot about a person if they can laugh at what they're going through. I think laughing about something doesn't mean you disrespect it though a lot of people take it that way. I think a really good case is terrorism: If you can laugh at horrible things like that then you show that it holds no power over you and then those that have caused such a terrible thing have lost.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I was watching an Episode of Castle last night. The female police officer in charge was referred to as "Sir" ... I had to listen again closely to find out if I heard that correctly. Yep, several more times she was referred to as Sir. Now I am so confused. How is that politically correct? OP they will always be Fairy Penguins to me too. LG
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Tall74nHard9
10 years ago
Quoting 'Leo_girl' I was watching an Episode of Castle last night. The female police officer in charge was referred to as "Sir" ... I had to listen again closely to find out if I heard that correctly. Yep, several more times she was referred to as Sir. Now I am so confused. How is that politically correct? OP they will always be Fairy Penguins to me too. LG The particular officer in charge actually wanted to be referred to as "Sir" (part of the script) - so your hearing was not playing up.Tall
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RHP User
10 years ago
I was a member of a government committee which oversaw the regulations and running of child care centres in WA. One centre tried to ban Christmas and Easter festivities saying it was offensive to other religions who were being forced to recognize Christianity. Btw ... all other religions at the same centre had their beliefs catered for. It was only the Christian celebrations that they wanted banned. This intolerance came from same groups who demanded recognition of their own beliefs. *shrugs* How can intolerance of others religious beliefs be a good thing to teach children so young? I thought a child care centre would have been an ideal place to share diversity and start education against intolerance! A case of those wanting intolerance and acceptance for themselves showing none to others. PC gone mad. LG
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RHP User
10 years ago
I just don't get who it is that sits around thinking up all this nonsense. Changing the names of birds!! I'd heard of the rainbow sheep change before and blackboard - chalkboard. Surely these two examples could not offend anyone. Should we start removing some coloured pencils?? So young kids can't possibly offend by colouring in. And just to throw it in there I love Golliwogs have had them all my life and never once thought or compared them to a human being, I actually have them in black, red and purple made by my nan when I was young. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I earned it and no one is going to change that.I will not be the rainbow because I'm neither gay nor homophobic. I have no right to run the rainbow colours.I'm also quite proud of my copy of Little Black Sambo, I have a 1950's edition but note that it was first published in 1899.I have pleasant memories of Golliwogs, who else remembers them coming with the Marmalade?Who'd like to catch up on a few reruns of Love thy neighbour? Finally Leo_girl I reckon your a good bloke
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RHP User
10 years ago
You know what annoys me about political corrections? It's when some minority group...or some wannabe do-gooder speaks in the name of a minority group...and blatant hypocrisy is allowed to rule the day.When protesters are just choosing between "Approved" groups and "Non-approved". When different opinions are often bullied into silence or out of fear that they will be perceived as bigots of one sort or another. Replacing one word with another word that means the same thing is not only pointless...it's ludicrous.Shits me no end...
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Grouse33
10 years ago
I've always doubted this story about the penguin name change. That fact that the story is apocryphal, and too easily fits the whole political correctness gone mad narrative beloved of shock jocks seems to good to be true . After a bit of research, the oldest reference I could find was a rightwing website reposting a 2006 news article from the Herald Sun. The article (if indeed it's true, I couldn't find a direct reference) mentioned Sea World announcing the name change so as not to offend gay people, then quoted local LGBTI community representatives saying they didn't didn't have a problem and thought 'fairy' was not a term they had a problem with. And a check of the Sea World website shows they still call them fairy penguins anyway. There are other organisations (such as Melbourne Zoo) for instance that do use the name little penguins, but their stated reason is that it better reflects the penguins' scientific name of Eudyptula minor - which is literally the ancient Greek term for little good diver. So I call bullshit.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' Quoting 'Leo_girl' I was watching an Episode of Castle last night. The female police officer in charge was referred to as "Sir" ... I had to listen again closely to find out if I heard that correctly. Yep, several more times she was referred to as Sir. Now I am so confused. How is that politically correct? When she first comes onto the show she states they will either refer to her as Captain or Sir. It's incorrect and usually not condoned either, but makes her sound like a rebel. I liked it. Well that explains that... thank you. Still weird ... lol LG
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RHP User
10 years ago
You can call it whatever you like. That doesn't change the fact that on more than one occasion I have been verbally slapped in conversation for using the name fairy penguin and each time got the same reason - be it actual PC or urban myth people are passing the message along. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
This is fairy penguin 🐧 This is not fairy penguin 🐄💩
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' Quoting 'Rantallion'1984Check out John Cleese on political correctness, nails it. John Cleese or Stephen Fry? Fry compared political correctness to 1984, then got into a lot of shit for the way he talked about the word rape and sexual abuse/rape-victims. Basically they should not take offense to the term, and "stop feeling sorry for themselves", and "grow up". I am definitely referring to John Cleese's youtube clip. It's a shame I can't put up a link.. *toddles off to search Stephen Fry*
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RHP User
10 years ago
at the end of the day, there are, everyone ??????
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OzRednecks
10 years ago
The world is getting too sensitive. Soon, I won't be able to make fun of myself without offending someone!!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Welcome back😚Q
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'jsk6767' at the end of the day, there are, everyone ?????? 👲 Confucius says at the end of the day it is night.
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'hesheWA' The world is getting too sensitive. Soon, I won't be able to make fun of myself without offending someone!! I can be so Politically Incorrect at times, making fun of my race and have laughed at some jokes about my heritage, given it is delivered tastefully and without meanness or suggestions of violence against a person. making fun of the stereotypes about my gender and race. I can laugh at myself and the jokes about them. I love going to comedy shows where the stand up comedians can be so Un PC. There are limits that shouldn't be crossed, but calling fairy penguins as such is not offensive. It conjures more visions of these lovely small creatures who disappear during the day and surface at sunset to march onto their rock nests. They were named as such before the PC campaign got hot and bothered over the term. Lol.
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RHP User
10 years ago
... is Phencyclidine and a nasty little bit of chemistry that will eventually destroy your brain. Being restricted in thought or comment by the ''moral majority'' can have the same effect. Some say my mind is already gone... and I can't even spell ''recreational abuse''. Just say no.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'MidnightCruisin' ... is Phencyclidine and a nasty little bit of chemistry that will eventually destroy your brain. Being restricted in thought or comment by the ''moral majority'' can have the same effect. Some say my mind is already gone... and I can't even spell ''recreational abuse''. Just say no. One of my mates used to say (in an eerily precise mock John Michael Howson accent): "Of all the things I miss, I miss my mind the most!"
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RHP User
10 years ago
There has been another quite famous anti-personal-freedom-to-enjoy group whose tagline message was... ''A mind is a terrible thing to waste''. They didn't see the humour when I called them and said I've done some of my best work when my mind is thrashed and ready for the waste bin. Timothy Leary is one of my heroes... or not.
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RHP User
9 years ago
A class of five-year old schoolchildren return to the classroom after playing in the playground during their break time. The teacher says to the first child "Hello Becky, what have you been doing this Playtime?" Becky replies "I have been playing in the sand box." "Very good," says the teacher "if you can spell 'sand'. on the blackboard, I will give you a biscuit." Becky duly goes and writes 's a n d' on the blackboard. "Very good," says the teacher and gives Becky a biscuit. The teacher then says, "Freddie, what have you been doing in your playtime?" Freddie replies, "Playing with Becky in the sand box." "Very good," says the teacher, "if you can spell 'box' on the blackboard, I will also give you a biscuit." Freddie duly goes and writes 'b o x' on the blackboard. "Very good," says the teacher and gives Freddie a biscuit. Teacher then says, "Hello Mohammed, have you been playing in the sand box with Becky and Freddie?" "No," replies Mohammed, "I wanted to, but they would not let me. Every time I went near them they started throwing sand at me, calling me nasty names and asking to see under my jacket in case I had explosives." "Oh dear," says the teacher, "that sounds like blatant racial discrimination to me - I'll tell you what, if you can spell 'blatant racial discrimination' I will give you a biscuit."
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RHP User
9 years ago
In recognition of the fact there are RHP members for whom English is a second language, and in attempt to resolve some apparent confusion, I wish to formally register the above post ought not be viewed or considered a form of hypocrisy. It is/was intended to more correctly be viewed and treated as an example of, or treatise on the subject of 'IRONY'. ie The idea being that someone being treated to a gross injustice may not necessarily find sympathy/solace/amelioration/restitution at the hands of the appointed (and hopefully appropriately qualified) authority figures.
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RHP User
9 years ago
A woman takes a lover during the day while her husband is at work.Unbeknownst to her, her 9 year old son was hiding in the closet.Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she puts the lover in the closet where the little boy is hiding.The little boy says, "Dark in here."The man says, "Yes, it is."Boy: "I have a baseball."Man: "That's nice."Boy: "Want to buy it?"Man: "No, thanks."Boy: "My dad's outside."Man: "OK, how much?"Boy: "$250."In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the woman's lover are in the closet together.Boy: "Dark in here."Man: "Yes, it is."Boy: "I have a baseball glove."The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?"Boy: "$750"Man: "Fine."A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your glove. Let's go outside and toss the baseball back and forth."The boy says, "I can't. I sold them."The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?"The son says, "$1000."The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that. That is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to Church and make you confess."They go to Church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.The boy says, "Dark in here."The priest says, "Don't start that shit again!"
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RHP User
9 years ago
The drunk boarded the bus and took a seat next to a priest and began reading his newspaper.After a while, in a slurred voice, the drunk asked the priest, "Do you know what causes Arthritis?"The priest looked at the drunk disdainfully. "Yes, my man. I can tell you. It's from too much alcohol! Too much immoral living! Too much smoking! How long have you had it?""S'not me", said the drunk. It says 'ere the Pope's got it."
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