Re: Second thoughts
erespess@nji.com
Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:57:58 -0500
>Oh, try it again. Try it on us :) If all else fails, Scottie will come to
>your defense :)
>
>Jim
At 1:21 PM -0500 12/7/99, Paul Kennedy wrote:
>PLEASE tell the joke. You're among friends--who have (by definition)
>forgiven you in advance for any inherent ugliness; and who will bear with
>the necessary asides and explanations because they understand the end to
>which you're aiming....
>
>I'm more concerned about the ethical implications of announcing that there's
>a great joke but then refusing to tell it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul
God help me. Here goes...
A friend of mine, Janet, gave birth to a baby boy. She named him
Michante. Her cousin (Dhabih, one of my closest friends) and I went
to visit her. I asked her how she came up with the name Michante.
She stated that it was a Sioux word for either beautiful or beloved,
I don't remember which. Dhabih said, "ouch... Lakota, not Sioux.
Sioux was a derogatory term used by an enemy tribe. That's like
saying, 'This is my daughter, Beauh-fuw. It's a nigger word for
beautiful.'"
Elizabeth
(any hate mail should be forwarded to Jim and Paul...)