[Rhodes22-list] Somewhere in Pakistan (Political Humor)

Thu Oct 16 20:06:50 EDT 2008

Yep, that guy went to work for several of the companies I've had to call.

My favorite is "SShellow, Mine name es Joe, I may I be providing most 
excellent service to you today zir?"
I always want to say "No, your name is NOT Joe. And, it doesn't suddenly 
make you sound like an American, it makes you sound like an Indian with 
a made up name".

The flip side is, their English is much better than my Hindi.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Herb,
>
> I've posted this before but it is worth a repeat -
>
> http://www.indeq.com/Crew_scheduling.mp3
>
> My wife's boss is Indian and I've played this for him before while
> having dinner with us. He laughed his ass off.
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>   
>> Brad,
>>
>> You hit it on the head, you southern NASCAR loving redneck bigot you!!
>>
>> Here's, to me, part of what makes it even funner
>>
>> 1) Biden's "joke" was funny when he told it
>> 2) When word got out, he had to pretend he didn't mean it as a joke.
>>
>> Here's the original comment, and then the "explanation" a "Biden
>> spokesperson" released:
>>
>> -----
>> You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight
>> Indian accent. I'm not joking
>> -----
>> The point Senator Biden was making is that there has been a vibrant
>> Indian-American community in Delaware for decades. It has primarily been
>> made up of engineers, scientists and physicians, but more recently,
>> middle-class families are moving into Delaware and purchasing family-run
>> small businesses. These families have greatly contributed to the
>> vibrancy of the Indian-American community in Delaware and are making a
>> significant contribution to the national economy as well.
>> -----
>>
>> The irony is that the political double-speak backpeddling IGNORES the
>> fact that he said you "unless you have a slight Indian accent". Why
>> would contributions to "the vibrancy of the Indian-American community in
>> Delaware" require that someone speak with an accent?
>>
>> I'd have been much more impressed if he'd simply said "Yeah, I WAS
>> joking, sorry you didn't get it. Pull the stick out of your butt, then
>> come back and talk to me, and I'll tell you some black jokes that Flip
>> Wilson came up with, THOSE were funny, he's a pro."
>>
>> But, then we likely wouldn't be seeing an Obama/Biden ticket, and Biden
>> wouldn't be able to talk about the upcoming "Biden administration"
>>
>> Yeah, he said THAT too!
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Wally,
>>>
>>> Biden made a joke about 7/11 clerks.  It wasn't PC but then PC is way overrated.
>>>
>>> A long time ago in a far away place, my youngest son was attending the
>>> 8th grade at Bradenton Academy whilst enrolled at the Bollettieri
>>> Tennis Academy (one of his classmates was Maria Sharapova - something
>>> I've never given the little bastard forgiveness for).  That's a long
>>> story and it involves an ex-wife, an ex-astronaut, and the CEO of a
>>> huge defense contractor.  You can't make shit like this up.
>>>
>>> On one of my visits to his school I had a long conversation with the
>>> head mistress/owner.  This was during the 2000 campaign primaries and
>>> we soon discovered that we were both Bush 43 supporters.  She ran
>>> through the litany of McCain rumors - he has a black baby, he left his
>>> first wife, his current wife is a drug addict, yada, yada, yada.
>>>
>>> After we'd worn that topic out she asked if I knew any good Jewish
>>> jokes.  I was very reluctant because she was obviously very Jewish,
>>> but, I shared the tamest ones I thought was appropriate.  She came
>>> back with some really funny stereotype jokes and then I let it rip.
>>> >From there, we told every single ethnic joke we could think of and
>>> laughed our asses off.
>>>
>>> Then she told me this story, "I have kids from all over the world, if
>>> I can get them to laugh at their differences, they have none".
>>>
>>> So who did Herb make fun of?  We all have the same DNA.  This racist
>>> crap has worn its self out in my world.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Herb, Why should I check with Biden? Is he your role model? I am not much of
>>>> a fan of Biden so I am not sure why I should contact him.
>>>>
>>>> I understood the joke....I just didn't think it was funny. To each his own.
>>>>
>>>> Wally
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I thought it was funny. Especially the DELL and AOL customer service,
>>>>> though even THAT part is an exaggeration. I know for a fact that Dell
>>>>> uses tech support in the US, not outsourced "elsewhere", but have had to
>>>>> deal with tech support with other companies, and understand the concept
>>>>> completely.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're missing the humor in it, you might see if you can make contact
>>>>> with Biden, he made some somewhat similar comments in the past.
>>>>>
>>>>> TN Rhodey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Was that supposed to be funny?????
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wally
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> This  morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of
>>>>>>> Migration Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military
>>>>>>> actions against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities intend to cut off
>>>>>>> America's supply of Convenience Store Managers and possibly Motel 6
>>>>>>> Managers.  And if this action does not yield sufficient results, Cab
>>>>>>> Drivers will be next, followed by DELL and AOL Customer Service Reps.
>>>>>>> Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened to send us no more
>>>>>>> candidates for President of the United States!
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