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cyclonefence

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5. Yeah, this joke is funny

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 03:07 PM

Dec 2022

but in this atmosphere of antisemitism, it makes me a little uncomfortable, too. I don't think it's a matter of being PC but of imagining how the joke might be told to Donald Trump.

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Scottish blood? [View all] Archae Dec 2022 OP

Now THAT's funny! Abolishinist Dec 2022 #1

😁 CentralMass Dec 2022 #2

And I was picturing Scottie from Star Trek Redleg Dec 2022 #3

Instead of a "Scotsman" KS Toronado Dec 2022 #4

Yeah, this joke is funny cyclonefence Dec 2022 #5

Can't use Jack Benny - he was Jewish. That would be insensitive. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2022 #7

How about " a really stingy man" ? KS Toronado Dec 2022 #9

I wish my father - my Grandfather was Scots - were alive for this joke. NNadir Dec 2022 #6

Is this a common stereotype... Manfred Arcane Dec 2022 #8

Yes, it's a very old and very common stereotype. Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #10

Thanks. Too funny. Great marketing ploy judesedit Dec 2022 #12

Yes, too common homegirl Dec 2022 #11

Yes. Apparently we're thrifty and then some, like Scrooge McDuck. GPV Dec 2022 #13

Is this Rebl2 Dec 2022 #14