Do you find the following joke offensive? An Irishman goes for a job on a building site. The boss asks, ‘Can you brew tea?’ Yes, he says. The boss then asks, ‘Can you drive a fork-lift?’ ‘Why, how big is the tea-pot?’
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Yes. It makes me feel stupid because I don't get it.
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No, you can plug in any nationality or sports team into that joke.
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I think a lot depends on who is telling the joke. I don't think that there's anything wrong with a bit of tongue-in-cheek banter, and jokes like this which play around with jokey stereotypes are often okay as they are just meant in jest, but they are sometimes told by people who believe in the stereotypes they are portraying, and are telling these jokes to deliberately insult and belittle the Irish, or whoever the jokes apply to. Of course being Irish yourself would also have a bearing on whether you find it offensive or not.
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An Irish person wouldn't find this offensive. an American-Irish person probably would, because they are overly patriotic.. Even though they only say it for the nostalgia, The Irish wouldn't recognise them as Irish.. So yeah, depends who you tell it to.
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I've got Irish in me. And no. You could substitute any kind of person and they'd get it. But only an idiot would get huffy.
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No, it doesnt make much sense. It really has nothing to do with being Irish. This could fit any ethnic group or haircolor, LOL. -
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