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Q:WHY DID THE POLE LOSE HIS JOB AS AN ELEVATOR OPERATOR?
A:HE COULDN'T LEARN THE ROUTE.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Sullivan, Audrey

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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Q:WHY DO JEWS HAVE BIG NOSES?
A:AIR IS FREE.

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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish ; JOKE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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A:WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CROSS A NEGRO WITH A JEW?
B:A JANITOR, BUT HE OWNS THE BUILDING!

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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): African American ; Black ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; Stereotype

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHAT IS THE ITALIAN METHOD OF PLAYING CHESS?
SET UP THE PIECES FACING THE EDGE OF THE BOARD SO THAT
THEY CAN RETREAT.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Hodges, Rusty

Keyword(s): Chess ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Italian ; JOKE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CROSS A POLLACK WITH A NEGRO?
A RETARDED JANITOR

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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): Black ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Janitor ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; POLISH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHY DO POLLACKS PAINT THEIR GARBAGE CANS TURQUOISE AND
ORANGE?
SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR EATING AT HOWARD JOHNSON'S.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Mickle, Pam

Keyword(s): Ethnic Slurs ; GARBAGE ; Howard Johnson ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Restaurant ; RIDDLE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 02-00-1972

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WHY DOES IT TAKE TWO POLACKS TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC?
ONE TO SWIM AND ONE TO WALK ON THE SLIME.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Hodges, Rusty

Keyword(s): Atlantic ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; Ocean ; POLISH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN YOUR DRIVING THROUGH A POLISH
NEIGHBORHOOD?
THE TOILET PAPER IS ON THE CLOTHSLINE DRYING.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; Neighborhood ; POLISH ; Toilet Paper

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RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHAT DO YOU CALL FOUR POLACK GIRLS IN A MUD PUDDLE?
THE BAY OF PIGS.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): Bay of Pigs ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHAT DID THE POLACK THINK AN IRISH JIG WAS?
ELLA FITZGERALD

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): Ella Fitzgerald ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Irish ; Jig ; POLISH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHY DO POLACKS MAKE THE WEDDING CAKE OUT OF GARBAGE?
TO KEEP THE FLIES OFF THE BRIDE

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): Bride ; Cake ; Ethnic Slurs ; JOKE ; POLISH ; WEDDING

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A POLE'S NECK?
SLAM DOWN THE TOILET SEAT

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Toilet

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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SAYING

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT A
QUESTION THA'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IS "WHICH CAME
FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?"

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): RIDDLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 08-06-1968

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What do you call a black doctor?
A nigger.

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Where learned: WORK ; POLICE

Keyword(s): African American ; Bigot ; Black ; JOKE ; Offensive ; Racist ; Stereotype ; Tasteless

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 01-00-1990

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What's long, black, and smelly?
The unemployment line.
What's black, has white eyes and knocks on glass?
A nigger in a microwave.

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Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): African American ; Black ; JOKE ; Offensive ; Racist ; RIDDLE ; Stereotype ; Tasteless

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 01-00-1990

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HOW DO YOU KEEP A BLACK BABY FROM BOUNCING ON THE BED?
PUT VELCRO ON THE CEILING.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): African American ; Black ; JOKE ; Offensive ; Racist ; Stereotype

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 00001970'S

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What do you get when you cross a nigger and a groundhog?
Six more weeks of basketball season!

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Where learned: DETROIT ; OFFICE

Keyword(s): African American ; Black ; JOKE ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; RIDDLE ; Stereotype ; Tasteless

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 01-00-1992

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What do you get when you cross a Black and an Irishman?
A lepracoon.
What do you call a black man in a tree?
A branch manager.

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Where learned: DETROIT ; ON A BUS

Keyword(s): African American ; Bigot ; Black ; Irish ; JOKE ; Offensive ; Racist ; RIDDLE ; Stereotype ; Tasteless

James Callow Keyword(s): Leprechaun

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 01-00-1990

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Why put a coon on the moon by three?
When you can put his ass in a tree by noon!
What looks good on a nigger?
A police dog!
Why do black people smell?
So blind people can hate them too!

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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; ON A BUS

Keyword(s): African American ; Bigot ; Black ; JOKE ; Offensive ; Racist ; RIDDLE ; Stereotype ; Tasteless

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 01-00-1960

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WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU A SOB-STORY YOU RUB YOUR INDEX
FINGER AND THUMB TOGETHER AND ASK THEM IF THEY KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS. THEN YOU TELL THEM THAT IT'S THE
WORLD'S SMALLEST VIOLIN PLAYING "MY HEART BLEEDS
FOR YOU."

Where learned: GARDEN CITY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): SARCASM

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm
SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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