When did we lose the ability to laugh at ourselves?

No wiggling. And you are what you are, I am not attempting to define you as anything. I do not know you and do not presume to know you. I know that I do not appreciate being called names and threw it back in your faces. I would have hoped you all would have been "schooled". The question is have you learned anything? National Geographic is what it is and I do not think anyone here has or had affiliation with them. Noting the history of their actions is just that..........

ComputerBreath wrote: My ancestry is Polish and

Pennsylvania Dutch here CB!!!
How's it going ya Polock? See I can say that at work with a friend (who's name starts SKI***) asked if his people had changed it when they came over, he said "Nope!" I said "Sh*t, you're so Polish you put the ski on the wrong end of your name!"

WE call eachother Polocks everyday, in front of all, but they're so afraid of calling us Polocks that they just turn, head down and leave. We look at each other and just laugh, it's so FRICK'IN DUMB!!!!
So, of course, we have to bait them

EDITED: BTW Good site: http://countrystudies.us/poland/
And TPP means TheProudPol (take it anyway ya want!)

Kate wrote:

Rockdoc Franz wrote: Agreed totally. There is nothing better than laughter. Unlike those who take themselves too seriously, those able to laugh at themselves, find humor a cure for all kinds of ills. There is too much sensitivity brought about by those who look to point out their faults (PC). I've no use whatsoever for PC. Why does everything have to degenerate into a political, racists, of sexist theme? Had a woman look me up and down when she got on the elevator and then smile and give me a thumbs up. Thank you you made me smile. Glad you liked what you saw. Conversely, is it inappropriate, gals, to have me say you look stunning? Satire hit close to the truth of the matter. Hence not everyone finds it funny. What is funny is that many take offense when the person who is the object of the satire laughs at it. Tell, me why is that? I'd suggest it is an inability to laugh at yourself and when that happens you certainly can't laugh at anything else. Lighten the hell up.

Sexual harassment is more than just an innocent comment about how nice I look. It's often a continued series of comments designed to make the other person uncomfortable in an attempt to form a sexual relationship. For all of you here that keep saying that you can't tell someone they look nice, that's bulls**t. You can. Just don't turn it into harassment by crossing boundaries.

To insinuate that sexual harassment is just "politically correctness" makes me seeth. You've obviously never been on the receiving end of unwanted advances in the workplace.

THis seems to be your issue. No one other than you mentioned anything about sexual harassment. The only reference made was to offering a compliment and you bristle and come back with the BS above. No one argues the inappropriateness of sexual harassment, but you DO need to distinguish between a compliment and harassment. It seems your vision of that boundary is somewhat blurred. If you wish to misstate anything I said, as in an insinuation that I said sexual harassment was just PC, then once again it is you who wishes to make an issue out of something not I. Stick to what is said and stop putting words in other peoples mouth..

And when is it teasing someone and when is it taunting? Sometimes the only difference is the tone it was delivered and how the person delivered it.

I was taken to task a few months ago for calling a citizen of Pakistan a Paki. Is it a slur, or just used for brevity? How about calling an Englisman a limey or a German a kraut? I have heard people called Mexican with a lot more malice than the African Americans who call themselves the N word.

And disagree with the above about what constitutes sexual harassment, it isn't always a series of actions, sometimes it is just a one time deal. And our personal department says you shouldn't compliment people of the opposite sex on their appearance. Very little wiggle room there.

Ok is this Bad? Or funny? it was on TV last night.

Captain America opens this week... Who’s his enemy, Captain Mexico ..Cuz he keeps trying to sneak in to take Captain America’s job.

Had a room mate in the dorm at college that had the last name Garcia. He and his buddy were climbers, and his nick name was pronounced beaner. Not the derogatory term but short for carabiner. It was funny to watch the politically correct idiots go through their outrage over nothing.

Wouldn't believe the language on construction sites.
I am afraid there are those here that would have a coronary.

TPP wrote: How's it going ya Polock? See I can say that at work with a friend (who's name starts SKI***) asked if his people had changed it when they came over, he said "Nope!" I said "Sh*t, you're so Polish you put the ski on the wrong end of your name!"

WE call eachother Polocks everyday, in front of all, but they're so afraid of calling us Polocks that they just turn, head down and leave. We look at each other and just laugh, it's so FRICK'IN DUMB!!!!
So, of course, we have to bait them

EDITED: BTW Good site: http://countrystudies.us/poland/
And TPP means TheProudPol (take it anyway ya want!)

When I refer to my Leprecock...I get strange looks. It is absolutely DUMB...and baiting is fun.

Do you know what a Polish flashlight looks like? the cardboard roll from toilet paper with a wooden match taped to one end. If you tape one to the other end, you get one that works twice as well!!

Kate wrote: Sexual harassment is more than just an innocent comment about how nice I look. It's often a continued series of comments designed to make the other person uncomfortable in an attempt to form a sexual relationship. For all of you here that keep saying that you can't tell someone they look nice, that's bulls**t. You can. Just don't turn it into harassment by crossing boundaries.

The only problem with this Kate is that someone may view that simple comment as a crossing of boundaries since the line is set according to how it is perceived and received by the person to whom the comment was made.

Four Catholic ladies are having coffee together. The first one tells her friends, “My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him ‘Father’.”
The second Catholic woman chirps, “My son is a Bishop. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, ‘Your Grace’.”
The third Catholic woman says smugly, “My son is a Cardinal. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, ‘Your Eminence’.”
The fourth Catholic woman sips her coffee in silence. The first three women give her this subtle “Well…..?”
She replies, “My son is a gorgeous, 6′2″, hard bodied stripper. When he walks into a room, people say, ‘Oh my God…'"

Ducking into confession with a turkey in his arms, Seamus said, “Forgive me, Father Mulcahy, for I have sinned. I stole this turkey to feed my family. Would you take it and settle my guilt?”
“Certainly not,” said Father Mulcahy. “As penance, you must return it to the one from whom you stole it.”
“I tried,” Seamus sobbed, “but he refused. Oh, Father, what should I do?”
“If what you say is true, then it is all right for you to keep it for your family.”
Thanking Father Mulcahy, Seamus hurried off.
When confession was over, Father Mulcahy returned to his residence. When he walked into the kitchen, he found that someone had stolen his turkey.

Two Irishmen walked out of a bar..............Yeah, like that would ever happen.

I'm Irish Catholic - can you tell?