Ed wrote --

> There were a bunch of "Stupid Polock" jokes during the 1970-80's.
> 
> Ten or so years ago I learned that Polish people are not stupid.

  I think its human nature to talk about certain groups like that.  Some
folks use Polish, Poles maybe use Italians, Italians maybe the Greeks.
  The same in this country with one state talking about people in another
state.  Here its WV vs Ohio.
  I use old Polock jokes about folks in a nearby county.
  Two guys in Lincoln County were walking along the road and one says, "Oh
look, a dead bird".  The other guy looks up toward the sky asking "Where?"
  Two guys from Lincoln County were on a escalator at the mall when the
power went out.  They were stuck for two hours before they were rescued.
  You get it idea.
  Joe