bilingual jokes

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I've begun leading an English conversation group at the American Information Center here in Ekaterinburg. Next meeting we are going to talk about humor, and it's been suggested I take some examples of bilingual jokes. Unfortunately, I don't know a lot of them. If anybody knows any, I would appreciate some help!

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

A Russian tourist in London has decided he wants to see more of the UK. He goes to the bus station and at the ticket window says, "Two tickets to Dublin." The cashier, also a recent Russian immigrant, replies, "Куда, блин?" And the tourist says, "Туда, блин!"

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

You really think this is Russian-English bilingual?

[sharoneedles.livejournal.com]

are you the stay on the exact topic monitor?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Yes I am. Our community's rules say "stay on-topic". As one of this community's maintainers, I have to monitor this. In a 1,200+ community, you have to - otherwise the whole thing slips into flood&flame anarchy, and you may as well forget about this place as a valuable source for those who really learn Russian.

[gjertsen.livejournal.com]

Well, it's also racist and not really all that funny, in addition to not being russian and bilingual. :)

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with wolk_off here. I like free speech, but at the same time, people should be respectful. Not only is the joke disrespectful, but it's completely useless to me. I can't use it in my discussion group because (1)it's offensive, and (2)it's off-topic. Off-color is one thing - it's allowable among adults. But there's no need for racist jokes.

not meaning to start anything and

[sharoneedles.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my question it was in no way related to the joke, which is pretty tasteless. I just found it funny that he'd commented on two posts questioning the "on-topicness" so I had to say something, and now we've all deviated from the topic as a result.

Re: not meaning to start anything and

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

We're all deviated from blah-blah-blah because people have to behave themselves. I would dearly love to remind that the best tool for keepind discussions on-topic is a quick ban, effective forever, for those who cannot respect the others.