Comments on: Funny Bones, 1932 (3) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/09/29/funny-bones-1932-3/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/09/29/funny-bones-1932-3/comment-page-1/#comment-271048 Ardis E. Parshall Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:55:46 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=19111#comment-271048 I know, Julia. It is really no worse, though, than any of the other ethnic stereotypes of these old jokes. We’ve had lots of jokes that depended for their humor (what humor there was) on the dialect of Swedish house servants or Irish laborers or Jewish merchants. At least in this case, it’s ONLY a dialect joke, and isn’t implying criminal behavior or laziness, as is often the case with this particular ethnic theme. It grates, but is a reflection of the times (this *is* a blog about the past, after all). It indicates quips our grandparents thought were funny but that we no longer tell, just as the boss-and-secretary, or drinking, or other jokes found in these columns, show how much the times have changed.

I think you understand that, but thanks for giving me an excuse to set that out for the benefit of people who may stumble on these jokes without having read that little lecture in earlier installments.

]]> By: Julia http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/09/29/funny-bones-1932-3/comment-page-1/#comment-271031 Julia Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:45:59 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=19111#comment-271031 Ain’t. Ugh.

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