ETHNIC JOKE

Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.

THERE WAS AN AMERICAN, A GERMAN, AND A POLAK WHO WERE RUNNING
AWAY FROM NATIVES IN A JUNGLE IN AFRICA. TO ESCAPE THEY DECIDED
THAT THEY COULD CLIMB A TREE AND MAKE ANIMAL SOUNDS.
THE AMERICAN WENT UP THE TREE AND MADE A SOUND LIKE A MONKEY.
THE NATIVES PASSED HIM BY. THE GERMAN WENT UP A TREE AND MADE
A SOUND LIKE A BIRD. THE NATIVES PASSED HIM BY. THE POLACK
WENT UP A TREE AND MADE A SOUND OF AN ANIMAL- "MOO".

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN