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JOKES IN TODAY'S POLAND?


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Polonius3
  Nov 22, 08, 10:33  #1

What kind of jokes or joke crazes are the most popular in Poland at present? In the commie era there used to be policeman/miliatimen jokes. Now there are blonde jokes, even knock-knock jokes. Are any others popular in terms of joke convention or topics?

 
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Wroclaw Boy ♦ GOLD MEMBER
  Nov 22, 08, 10:55  #2

I liked the picture posted here by a forum member:

It was a picture of god at heavens gates, requesting: Pesel, Regon and Nip.

 
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Polonius3
  Nov 23, 08, 04:38  #3

Is the "poszła baba do lekarza" (an [old] lady went to the doctor) series known in any other countries? The milicjant (communsit policeman) jokes were known throughout the Soviet bloc.
Examples: Poszła baba do lekarza z żab± na głowie. "Co się stało?" - pyta lekarz, a żaba: "Jaka¶ baba mi się do d*py przykleił±!"
(An old lady with a frog on her head visited a dcotor: "What happened to you?" the doctor asked. The frog replied: "Some old lady got stuck to my a*se!)

 
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Polonius3
  Jan 1, 09, 12:36  #4

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DO POLES STILL TELL JOKES?

The commie era was great for jokes. Milicja jokes, Breżhnev and Jaruzelski jokes, Poak, Rusek & Niemiec jokes, etc. Eg, why are Jaruezlski's lips so red? Because Brezhnev's got haemorrhoids. Public toilets would have wall writing that had an arrow pointing to the toilet bowl and the inscription: Tu produkuje się ser dla ZSRR or Tu fabryka miodu dla przyjaciół ze Wschodu. Alas, now there is only pornographic stuff and on the imieniny circuit -- mainly blonde jokes. Anyone know of any other jokes currently circulating in Poland? Any Obama jokes? This one is told in America. Obama didn't know what to wear to a fancy-dress ball, so he decided to strip naked, shove a broom handle up his behind and go as a fudgicle, capturing 1st prize.

 
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Wroclaw [Moderator]
  Jan 1, 09, 12:41  #5

Polonius3:
DO POLES STILL TELL JOKES?


Absolutely not. It must be nine or ten years since I heard anyone tell a joke.

 
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Seanus ♦ GOLD MEMBER
  Jan 1, 09, 12:42  #6

You didn't hear about the new law against jokes, P3? ;)

 
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Polonius3
  Jan 1, 09, 12:49  #7

And here I thought all alolg that the Tusk gang had a sense of humour?!

 
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Seanus ♦ GOLD MEMBER
  Jan 1, 09, 12:52  #8

Because the Tusk gang are jokes, it doesn't mean that they tell jokes ;)

Just kidding, I'm neutral on Tusk as, well, he is very neutral and gives people little to discuss.

 
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Polonius3
  Jan 2, 09, 16:38  #9

Maybe bland is a more apt description? When you've got your sights set on the presidential palace (in 2010), it's better not to rock too many boats.

 
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pawian
  Jan 2, 09, 16:54  #10

Polonius3:

What kind of jokes or joke crazes are the most popular in Poland at present?


No jokes anymore. We are dead serious currently. After all, we have a crisis, don`t we???

 
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ladykangaroo
Edited by: ladykangaroo  Jan 2, 09, 17:22  #11

Polonius3:

Breżhnev and Jaruzelski jokes

Now there are plenty of Kaczynski Bros. jokes.

Try this site:
http://www.joemonster.org/index.php
It's one of the most popular sites in Poland and they do have quite decent English version although it covers maybe 10% of their material (you need to click on the flag in the right top corner for English). The forum there, which is the most important part of the site, is mainly Polish, but they also have English section:
http://www.joemonster.org/phorum/list.php?f=17

 
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Polonius3
  Jan 2, 09, 23:46  #12

Thanks Ladykangaroo. Some of these are quite funny. My question is: do many Poles still tells such jokes at prywatkas (I hear they've renamed them domówki), imieniny, etc.? Is their an age divide -- eg those under 30 are less likely to tell jojkes or whatever? And finally, what do those who don't tell or listen to jokes
laugh at?

 
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