Re: A discussion with my son
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 16 May 1999 17:52:21 +1000
OK, OK, OK ... if there's one thing us Aussies are good at, it's being a
good sport. So I have decided *not* to delve into my extensive cache of
Yank jokes (:
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
@ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
> After reading all my juno mail yesterday my son and I were taking a
> drive. This is an approximate representation of the exchange between
> us...
>
> Dad: Hey, I have a friend on a listserve from Australia and I asked her
> what she thought of that Simpsons episode set in Australia.
>
> Son: What did she think?
>
> Dad: She said it didn't go over very well over there...
>
> Son: Why not?
>
> Dad: Well, she basically said they used stereotypes to get cheap laughs.
>
> Son: It worked!
>
> Dan and Son: hahahahahahahaahahahahaha
>
> (Dad thinks to himself, "We've probably both watched that show just a
> little too much....)
>
> Dad: There were other responses too . One guy said the humor was
> actually directed toward Americans because only Americans are stupid
> enough to think that way.
>
> Son: (smirking) He's right!
>
> Dad: Did you know those guys don't even have CNN down there? And that
> there's usually only one televsion set per town...everyone goes to
> something like a theater to watch the one television. There's been riots
> down there when someone accidentally changed the channel. I think just
> last week four people were killed in a...
>
> Son: Haw haw, Dad.
>
> Just thought I'd share that with you.... :)
>
> Jim
>
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