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I thought it was funny and I follow the news. 


Regards 

Mike 



-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 1:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC, off-topic, off-colour, Friday joke

My apologies, no offence meant.

Brian

Steve Gregory wrote:
> Lord knows I like a good off-colored joke as much as anybody, and I
> don't expect that you follow the news in the US much because you live in
> Cyprus, but a joke about coal miners couldn't have been more ill timed.
> 
> You see, because many of us in the US have been closely following the
> fate of six coal miners who have been trapped in a mine collapse in a
> Utah coal mine since the 6th of August, and it was only yesterday
> evening that three miners were killed trying to rescue the six who are
> still trapped. It looks like they're going to call off any further
> rescue attempts of the six.
> 
> My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those who
> have been affected by this tragedy... 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 6:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] NTC, off-topic, off-colour, Friday joke
> 
> A couple attending an art exhibition at the National gallery was staring
> at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting depicted
> three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench. Two of
> the figures had black weenies, but the one in the middle had a pink
> weenie.
> 
> The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble
> interpreting the painting and offered his assistance. He went on for
> nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation
> of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society...'In
> fact,' he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the pink
> weenie also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression
> experienced by gay men in contemporary society.'
> 
> After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky T-shirt approached the
> couple and said, 'Would you like to know what the painting is really
> about? 'Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator
> of the gallery?' asked the couple.
> 
> 'Because I'm the guy who painted it,' he replied. 'In fact, there are no
> African Americans depicted at all. They're just three Kentucky coal
> miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
> 
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