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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
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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. |
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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. |
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