On 7/26/10 5:54 PM, Harold wrote:
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On 7/26/10 4:56 PM, Harold wrote:
"Harry wrote in message
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On 7/26/10 4:22 PM, mmc wrote:
Everyone seems to be in such a hurry to scream 'racism' these days...

So, when the customer asked, "In what aisle could I find the Polish
sausage?"

The clerk looks at him and says, "Are you Polish?"

The guy (clearly offended) says, "Well, yes I am. But let me ask you
something. If I
had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or
if
I
had asked for
German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked
for
a
kosher hot dog
would you ask me if I was Jewish? Or if I had asked for a Taco, would
you
ask if I was
Mexican?' If I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was
Irish?"

The clerk says, "Well, no, I probably wouldn't!"

With deep self-righteous indignation, the guy says, "Well then, why
did
you
ask me if
I'm Polish because I asked for Polish sausage?"

The clerk replied, "Because you're in Home Depot."




I've never understood the ethnic slur jokes about Poles. Considering how
many famous and really accomplished Poles there are in history, it's
just
beyond my comprehension why Poles have been singled out for this sort of
derision.

Consider Maria Sklodowska, Frédéric Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski,
Czeslaw
Milosz, Artur Rubinstein, Nicolaus Copernicus, and thousands more.

It's a puzzlement.

You neglected to mention Killer Kowalski, and Carl Yastrzemski, and Edith
Bunker.



The "Edith Bunker" character, dumbfoch, was not Polish and neither was her
husband, Archie. Their daughter character, Gloria, married a fellow woth a
Polish-sounding last name.

Your knowledge base is pretty small. Oh...and you and several others here
are modern Archie Bunkers...




Yup, you're right. Archie used to call him meathead or dumb Pollock all the
time. Those were the days, eh?



Pollock or pollack is a fish.