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Ethnic Joke: French

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There was this couple engaged to be married. He was a Frenchman, while she was American. Her father gives her advice about her fiance: "Daughter, don't marry a frenchman!" But father, I love this man very much, I'm sure he will be fine. Her father repeats his warning: "Don't marry a Frenchman, because in six months, he'll ask you to "Change ends!" Don't worry father, everything will be ok. So, they got married.

What do you know, but six months later, while they are in bed, the Frenchman says "Honey, would you mind changing ends, just for tonight?" The girl gets a little angry and says "I should have listened to my father, he was right about you Frenchmen!" The frenchman replied, "But honey, Don't you want to have any children?"

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Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.

Where learned: RENO HALL ; DORM ROOM ; Fournier, Rock

Keyword(s): ETHNIC JOKE ; FRENCH ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Innuendo ; MARRIAGE ; REFERENCE TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; SEXUAL EUPHEMISM ; Stereotype

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566

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Ethnic Joke: Newfoundland

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A minister is walking down the street of a small community in Newfoundland and runs into a drunk.

Minister: You shouldn't drink so much - you'll never get to heaven that way.

Drunk: I bet I'll get to heaven faster than you will.With that the drunk drops dead in the street and a few days later the minister passes on. The minister finds himself in Hell and asks the Devil for a reconsideration. The Devil lets him make a phone call to heaven to ask why he is in Hell.

Minister: Hello, is this Heaven?

Voice: Yes, this is Mary.

Minister: The Blessed Virgin Mary?

Mary: No - not since that Newfie came up here.

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Submission card located in pile marked [?]

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bennett, Al

Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEROGATORY ; DRUNKENNESS ; ETHNIC ; Icons ; Innuendo ; Minister ; Newfoundland ; RELIGION ; SEX ; VIRGIN MARY

James Callow Keyword(s): Newfoundland

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
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Toast

Here's to the girls who say they will

Here's to the girls who say they won't

But to hell with the girls who say they will

and later you find out they don't.

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Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Turner, Herve

Keyword(s): DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Innuendo ; Social ; TOAST

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech
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Toast

Here's to the ones who say they will,

Here's to the ones who say they won't

And here's to the ones who say they will but

When you get them alone they don't.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lunz, Edward

Keyword(s): Boys ; DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Innuendo ; Social ; TOAST

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech
SPEECH -- Formula

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Retort

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Blow Me!

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ballinger, Gary ; Bay City

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Innuendo ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SEX ; Wisecrack

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
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Retort

Get off the table Maude. The quarter is for the beer.

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This remark is sometimes said to a person who is under the influence of alcohol, such as at a party.

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Where learned: ONTARIO ; Heynick, Allan ; Chatham

Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; BEER ; COIN ; COMEBACK ; DRUNK ; Innuendo ; INSULT ; MONEY ; Quarter ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Stipper ; Table ; Wisecrack

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Greetings

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Greeting an Intimate:

Among Negro adolescents of Detroit, greetings of "Hello, Momma," and "Hello, Daddy," exchanged between a boy and a girl indicate that they are sexually intimate. HOwever, a boy greeting a girl as "Hello, Momma" as a proposition is likely to get swatted with a purse.

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The informant observed this while teaching in the Detroit Public School system.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Surowiec, Jerry

Keyword(s): Daddy ; Detroit ; GREETING ; Innuendo ; Intimate ; Momma ; PROPOSITION ; Sexuality ; SLANG

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
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