An Old One But a Good One

Pedro	Posted 2017-08-06 3:51 PM (#84611)
COMSUBBBS Posts: 2974 Location: Liverpool, England	Subject: An Old One But a Good One Readers in the UK will no doubt remember this as the joke that caused Des O'Conner's TV show to be cancelled, after Stan Boardman told it live, on prime-time television - with Des looking on, horrified. American readers, who are accustomed to "Polish" jokes, may be expecting this to be an anti-Polish joke which depicts Polish people as stupid. It's not. In fact, the stereotype of Poles in this country is probably very different to that of the US, since the main thing that people think of here - when they think of Poles - are all the Polish airman who fought for the RAF in the Battle of Britain, and the Polish paratroopers who fought at Arnhem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Yf5B6GbYk Pedro
Ric	Posted 2017-08-06 5:05 PM (#84613 - in reply to #84611)
Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.	Subject: RE: An Old One But a Good One Good one Pedro. I have heard that one many times. It is true that some in this country look down on people of various heritages. We are also well aware of the bravery of the ex-pat Poles who made such a huge contribution to the battle of Britain. When I lived on my boat a Polish fellow just down the dock, who also lived aboard, was one of those brave fellows. Very smart man, helped design the landing rockets for the moon landing. The moon landers had a cluster of 29 rockets, not one, just in case one or two failed.
Bob Mahon	Posted 2017-08-07 10:06 AM (#84619 - in reply to #84611)
Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 932 Location: Milford, PA	Subject: RE: An Old One But a Good One That was great, Pedro. Never saw that before.