They've just broken into Battersea Dogs Home and shot all the Afghans.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

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and what about the Bed Linen?

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

They put it allin Bin Liners and took it away to be forensicked.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Bin Laden went on Ready staedy cook... He made the Big Apple Crumble.

Sorry about that, I know it's not a laughing matter. But i can't help passing on good jokes.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

...surrounded Selfridges, after they got a tip-off; "Bed Linen, second floor"!

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Err excuse me but that is fucking disgraceful. The death of 6000 innocent people is NOT a laughing matter for fucks sake! The comment about ready steady cook is unbelievable.Are you really a human?

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Agreed Kev. As with the whole 'Irish' joke thing. Have we learned nothing ??

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

First of all, re the "Irish joke thing". My better half is half Irish and he laughed at the SAS one. I saw no problem in passing it on therefore. I find the whole idea that Irish jokes are racist absolutely barmy when Irish blokes like Frank Carson have made a career out of telling them.

Secondly, whilst some of the stuff that has been doing the rounds about the tragedy is in very poor taste, it is a fact that people often resort to black humour as a means of dealing with such things.

There used to be a column in the old Reader's Digest called "Laughter is the Best Medicine". The world is so full of tragedy that sometimes having a laugh is the only way of coming to terms with it. I distinctly remember making people laugh at me Dad's funeral with something I said. I didn't feel bad about it at all.

And SK, you've got to get your story right - we're either vicars or we're f*****g disgraceful. Which is it?!

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

If you cannot define the difference between the two then i am not going to tell you.The irish bit does not particulary bother me but to laugh at NYC is very bad.If anyone told me that in person i would be very annoyed with them and they would know it!

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

SK - I did agree with you about the NYC stuff so not sure what point you're making there. We have all, no doubt, heard numerous bad taste "jokes" and refrained from posting them on here. I'm only sorry my original post prompted one in reply. The first part of my last response was direct at Sense of Humour failure, not you.

I'm not being funny here but do you think the Bin Liner/Bed Linen remarks are offensive as well? Didn't folk get through World War 2 by making jokes about Hitler?

If your first sentence suggests that we "think" we are vicars when in reality we are f*****g disgraceful well look at reponses to the earlier thread you started on that count. We don't think we're anything but Newcastle fans and I don't think you're anything but a Sunderland fan.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Your digs towards Bin Laden are most welcome but the comment about apple crumble is well out of order.And yes i know it was not you that posted it. In my view the only time that this can be a laughing matter is well after i have shuffled off this mortal coil! I do not generalise(now anyway!) about anyone on this board,i just see you as normal football fans ie blood,skin and beer!

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Got to agree sk - very poor taste: not worth debating.

Just let it go marra - I suspect most on here agree with you.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Sorry I started this men.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

Hi Jacko,

My earlier post wasn`t intended as a dig at yourself (if that`s how you took it?) Or at anyone else personally for that matter. I hear and completely agree with what you say about black humour being used from time immemorial. Please don`t think I`m being holier than thou as unquestionably I succeed in offending people at every turn (!) - but if events of recent weeks have proven anything to me it`s that, through our actions, we help drive people to do things that ultimately harm us. Cause and effect.

What I was flagging isn`t anything to do with individual taste - someone will always find any joke funny while someone else will find the same offensive, racist or whatever. My point was about the underlying beliefs we develop from all we hear/say/do that leads directly and indirectly, for example, to who we elect, the overt and secret foreign policies they enact on our behalfs and the people we piss off as a result. As far as I`m concerned the more humour there is in the world the better but it`s at our peril if it`s at the expense of others who, over generations, are driven to hatred as a result of it.

The Irish aren`t thick, not all Afghans are Christian-hating bastards etc etc. From what I know of you from this bbs I`ve no doubts you`d agree with both those statements but maybe once in a while we need all stop and think why our country & the human race is in such sh$t and what we can do about it ??

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

I'm with SK on this.....sorry Jacko I like you but I don't like your jokes....

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

Kids - some people get thru this sort of thing by joking. Let them - I suspect we all know somebody who was affected 1st hand - if we weren't ourselves. Rolys workmate moved me to tears. There's a girl in my wifes office who walked out of the WTC 10 seconds after the 1st plane hit. She ended up dodging all sorts of stuff & hasn't slept since. Back at work half days but still in bits.

All I can think is Thank God it wasn't my office.

The jokes above were jokes and that's all. If it helps one person sort themselves they're worth it - as with all the foul stuff a few months ago you don't have to read more than the 1st screen.

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

I got e-mailed some web site from a US spammer, it was all serious how to support the nation (the US that is) with falgs & bumper stickers. Most was along the lines of stickers with "Nuke Afghanistan" etc. For me that's sicker than the jokes going around because this is the message these chaps really believe. They wonder why some nations aren't so keen on the land of hte free.

-- Anonymous, October 02, 2001

I've seen a text message 'from' Bin Liner, which was mildly amusing. Just seen this though - a little slice of Zeitgeist:

Bin Laden - religious icon to digital icon

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The next time your mobile phone goes "beep", it could be the world's most wanted man on the line.

Digitally composed pictures of Osama bin Laden are flying through Pakistan's mobile phone network via SMS (short message sending) to become the most sought-after accessory in the country.

Already an icon among certain Muslim groups, bin Laden has now become a digital icon as well.

"It was sent to me by a friend," said Asif Azziz as he showed the grinning picture of the man blamed for the devastating September 11 bomb attacks on New York and Washington. "It is cool, no?"

The picture remains on the display of a mobile phone in a similar way to a screensaver on a desktop computer. Bin Laden's face can be manipulated to waggle his eyebrows, move his mouth and, in one particularly graphic rendition, explode dramatically.

The United States has vowed to take bin Laden "dead or alive", but his image may take even longer to disappear.

-- Anonymous, October 02, 2001

"sorry Jacko I like you but I don't like your jokes...."

I had already apologies for starting the thread long before you posted this Gav - and using "jokes" plural is a little unfair - there was only one!

I, of course, hate the rabid sexist jokes which appear on this bbs at regular intervals (no I don't actually but I suppose I should!)

I suppose as with terrorism/freedom fighting, one man's Irish joke is another man's appalling example of racial stereotyping!

Thanks for the first half of your sentence anyway Gav!

-- Anonymous, October 02, 2001

No worries petal :))

-- Anonymous, October 03, 2001