-=> On 01-26-19  20:28,  Michiel Van Der Vlist <=-
 -=> spoke to Mark Lewis about Racists <=-

 MV>> The problem with jokes in so called "international echos" is that
 MV>> jokes seldom make it across a language and cultural barrier.
 
 MV>> I for one, don't get it. ....
 MVDV> I got that far. Home Depot does not sell food. But they sell whiskey?
 
 MVDV> It makes no sense it if there is not more to "Polish" than 
 MVDV> just not selling food in a hardware store.

It is simply a crude semi-racist joke, denigrating the Polish people who
are being characterized (falsely) as being dumb.  There are similar
tasteless jokes poking fun at the Irish, at the Dutch, at the ... (you
name it).

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



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