“Ask not what is now, ask what is now possible.” – Collected from a 17-year-old girl from Colorado (My younger sister) who heard it from her high school choir teacher, who uses the proverb to keep her students in line and thinking positively.
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“Have you heard about Sally?” an “Anti-Joke”
“Why did Sally fall off the swing? Because she had no arms. Knock Knock? Who’s there? Not Sally.” This joke is popular among middle-schoolers and high-schoolers in Broomfield, Colorado, and was performed for me by a 12-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl. They refer to it as an “anti-joke” where two jokes are told in series, with the first being “lame” and the second being the punchline.
Dumb Blonde Joke
“Ok so this blonde just got kicked out of her village for being too stupid and blonde, well for being stereotyped that’s it she got kicked out for being blonde, so she got kicked out for being stereotyped, and as she was leaving the town she was walking by a cornfield and she saw, wait are you there, (to me) another blonde who was rowing a boat in a cornfield. So she yells at the other blonde from the road and she says “Gosh, you’re so stupid, why are you rowing a boat in a cornfield?” It’s because of you that I got kicked out of town. If I could swim, I would swim out there and kill you. ”- Collected March 22nd 2013, from a 17-year-old girl from a suburb in Colorado. the joke was in circulation among her friends in the local high school. Ironically, the informant was blonde.
Holocaust Joke from a Catholic Schoolboy #1
“What’s the difference between a Jew and a Pizza? A pizza doesn’t scream when it goes in the oven.”- My little brother told me this joke. He heard it from a friend at school. Interestingly, he attends a private Catholic school in a very white suburb and has never encountered a Jewish person in his life. He has, however, been given extensive education on tolerance and the holocaust in his religion and history classes.
Holocaust Joke from a Catholic Schooboy #2
“What’s worse than finding half a worm in your apple? The Holocaust.” – My little brother told me this joke. He heard it from a friend at school. Interestingly, he attends a private Catholic school in a very white suburb and has never encountered a Jewish person in his life. He has, however, been given extensive education on tolerance and the holocaust in his religion and history classes.