A Polish gentleman stopped by the other day to
ask permission to hunt on our land. I said it was
perfectly all right with me. I also told him that
if he got lost, just to shoot three times in the
air and I would come find him. The man said that
that sounded great. So he parked his truck in our
yard and went into the woods. His truck stayed
in our yard for three days before the man finally
arrived to get it. I asked where he had been.
The man said that he got lost when it got dark the
first night in the woods. I said, "Well, why didn't
you shoot in the air three times like we agreed?"
The Polish man replied that he did shoot twice into
the air but then he ran out of arrows.

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Subject headings:

PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 00-00-1983

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Ethnic Joke

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Can pick any three ethnic groups to use, but one has
to be the "brunt of the joke."
Three guys are in a bar. One is Polish, another is
Italian, and the last one is German. There are three
girls sitting at the other end of the bar. The guys
decide they want to impress the girls with their
knowledge of drinks. The Italian says, "Give me an
RC." The girls say, "Oh what's that?" The bartender
says, "Rum and Coke". The German says, "Give me a
W&W." The girls say, "Oh what's that?" The bartender
says, "Whiskey and Water." The Polish guy says, "Give
me a 15." The girls say, "Oh what's that?" The bartender
says, "What's that?" The Polish guy says, "7&7."

Where learned: ITALY ; SICILY

James Callow Keyword(s): Mathematics--addition

Subject headings:

PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
BELIEF -- Poli

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A POLISH LEFT TURN IS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND MUST TURN
RIGHT TO GO LEFT LIKE ON A DIVIDED BOULEVARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Poli
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00001976CA

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This Polish guy went to visit his friend up north. He got out
and he was roaming around. Pretty soon he asked his friend where
the toilet was. The farm owner said, "It's in the house in the
back, a little ways from here. That's the toilet." So the Polish
guy went there and he was in there for about an hour. So the guy
worried about him, so the owner of the farm went to the outhouse
and wanted to know what he was doing. He opened the door and the
Polish guy was kneeling on the floor in front of the hole and he
was reaching down in there. The owner of the farm said, "What
are you doing?" The Polish guy said, "I got to get my coat. I
went to hang it up and it fell down the hole." He reached down
and got his coat and he took it out and he was looking at it all
over. And the owner of the farm said, "You're going to have to
clean that up." The Polish guy said, "I'm not worried about the
coat, it's the sandwich I had in the pocket."

James Callow comment:

This would probably also qualify as a sick joke.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

Favorites
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 00001970S

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Three guys were locked in a room -- a Frenchman, an Irishman,
and a Polish man. A skunk went into the room with the three men.
The Frenchman ran out first. Then the Irishman ran out. Then
the skunk ran out.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

Favorites
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 00001980S

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How do you know when a Polock has been using the computer?
There is white-out on the screen.

Submitter comment:

This joke was overheard while passing the hallway of the
computer room.

James Callow comment:

White-out is a liquid used to mask typing errors.