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WHAT DO YOU CALL SIX POLISH WOMEN STANDING IN A TUB?
A BAY OF PIGS!
Submitter comment:
THE BAY OF PIGS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY CUBAN EXILES AND THE U.S.
GOVERMENT TO OVER-THROW CASTRO IN CUBA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN POLAND? A TOURIST!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): NATIVES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY WERE THE POLLOCKS PUSHING THEIR HOUSE DOWN THE STREET?
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH START THEIR FURNACE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT DO YOU CALL REMOVING A WART FROM A POLLOCK'S BUTT?
BRAIN SURGERY!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A POLISH PICNIC? SIX POLLOCKS
SITTING AROUND A CESSPOOL WITH STRAWS!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): EATING DRINKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY DOESN'T POLAND HAVE A NATIONAL BIRD? BECAUSE SOMEONE
SWATTED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): LOSERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT WAS A GARBAGE MAN DOING AT A POLISH WEDDING? HE
WAS CATERING!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): EATING DRINKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY DO POLLOCKS PAINT GARBAGE TRUCKS ORANGE? THEY USE
THEM AS CAMPERS!
Submitter comment:
SOME TENTS USED WHEN CAMPING ARE COLORED ORANGE. THEREFORE, THE
GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN PAINTED ORANGE, COULD BE CONSIDERED A CAMPER
FOR POLISH PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY DO POLLOCKS HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL NOSES? BECAUSE
THEY ARE HAND PICKED!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CROSS A RETARDED APE WITH A POLLOCK?
A RETARDED APE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW DO YOU GET A ONE-ARMED POLLOCK OUT OF A TREE? YOU
WAVE TO HIM!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): GESTURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW MANY POLLOCKS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT
BULB? THREE, ONE TO HOLD THE LIGHT BULB AND TWO TO TURN
THE LADDER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW MANY POLLOCKS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE POPCORN? FIVE,
ONE TO HOLD THE POPCORN AND FOUR TO SHAKE THE STOVE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW POLISH PARACHUTE? IT OPENS
ON IMPACT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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A POLACK CALLED A LOCKSMITH, GAVE HIM THE LOCATION OF HIS
CAR, EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD LOCKED HIMSELF OUT, AND ASKED THAT
THE LOCKSMITH ARRIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
"THE QUICKEST I CAN MAKE IT THERE IS TWO HOURS," REPLIED
THE LOCKSMITH OVER THE PHONE.
"TWO HOURS!" CRIED THE POLACK. "CAN YOU MAKE IT ANY
SOONER? IT'S GOING TO RAIN IN A FEW MINUTES, UH, YOU SEE,
MY CAR'S A CONVERTIBLE, MY FAMILY'S INSIDE, AND THE TOP'S
DOWN!"
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY COUSIN EDDIE.
I OVERHEARD THE JOKE AMONG THE REST OF THE NOISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 05-00-1978 ; 05-00-1978
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THERE WERE TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS WHO WERE AT THE BORDER OF MICHIGAN
AND OHIO. THERE WAS A ROAD BLOCK, SO THINKING QUICKLY THEY DITCHED
THE CAR QUICKLY IN A FARMER'S FIELD AND FINDING A TRUCK PARKED THERE
THEY GRABBED THE TRUCK AND FOUND A PIG IN THE TRUCK ALONG WITH SOME
OLD RAG IN WHICH THE FARMER USED TO WIPE HIS HANDS. JUST AS THEY CAME
TO THE BORDER THEY DID SOME FAST THINKING. THEY PUT AN OLD DRESS ON
THE PIG AND TIED THE BANDANNA AROUND THE PIGS HEAD AND WHEN THEY
CAME TO THE ROAD BLOCK THEY WERE LET THROUGH. AS THEY PASSED THRU
ONE COP SAID TO ANOTHER. HOW IS IT WHENEVER YOU SEE A GOOD LOOKING
POLISH BROAD SHE IS ALWAYS WITH TWO BLACKS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-24-1987
THERE WAS THIS SCIENTIST WHO WAS EXPLORING IN THE ADRONDACK MT[ S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-24-1987
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POLISH JOKE
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A POLLOCK WAS GOING TO CHICAGO.
HE READ A SIGN, "CHICAGO LEFT."
SO HE WENT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00001970S
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POLISH JOKE
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A POLLOCK, A BLACKMAN, AND A WHITE MAN WENT TO THE
DESERT. THE POLLOCK BROUGHT A CAR DOOR, THE BLACKMAN
BROUGHT SOMETHING TO EAT, AND THE WHITEMAN BROUGHT
SOMETHING TO DRINK. THE WHITEMAN ASKED THE BLACKMAN,
"WHY DID YOU BRING FOOD?" THE BLACKMAN SAID, "IN CASE
I GET HUNGARY I'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT". THE
BLACKMAN ASKED THE WHITEMAN, "WHY DID YOU BRING
SOMETHING TO DRINK?" THE WHITEMAN SAID, "IN CASE I
GET THIRSTY". THEN THE BLACKMAN AND THE WHITEMAN ASKED
THE POLLOCK, "WHY DID YOU BRING A CAR DOOR?" THE POLLOCK
SAID, "IN CASE IT GOT HOT I COULD ROLL DOWN THE
WINDOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HUNGRY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00001970S
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