Has No One Got A Sense Of Humour Anymore?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49395718

[andres]

It would seem alright for a comedian who actually has the disability to poke fun at the condition. I'm thinking about Lee Ridley who won the Talent Show and appeared at the Royal Variety performance.The ' Lost Voice Guy'. He has Cerebral Palsy and has to pre record his routine. He was brilliant and as I said he made light of his condition, made jokes about it and kept the audience laughing. Even fellow sufferers applauded his act. No-one seemed upset or offended but when a comedian who doesn't have a disability makes one joke about it a lot of people immediately take offence.

[ichkeria]

The reason I didn’t get the joke Loony is because I simply didn’t understand it.
I’d never have made the “florets” “Tourette’s” connection in a million years.

[New Judge]

Ikky is quite right. The "joke" was pathetic. I saw the list of the top ten of these from the Edinburgh Festival and they were all rubbish. The only people having a laugh were those who compiled the list.

[237SJ]

The joke was about the play on words and not people who have/suffer from Tourettes

[vetuste_ennemi]

I sold my vacuum cleaner last week.

Well, it was just gathering dust.

[Arksided]

That was Tim Vines winner a few years ago...

When I heard Jeremy Vine was going to mention his Brother won with a hoover joke... obvious answer is it sucked.

[woofgang]

andres "It would seem alright for a comedian who actually has the disability to poke fun at the condition. I'm thinking about Lee Ridley who won the Talent Show and appeared at the Royal Variety performance.The ' Lost Voice Guy'. He has Cerebral Palsy and has to pre record his routine. He was brilliant and as I said he made light of his condition, made jokes about it and kept the audience laughing. Even fellow sufferers applauded his act. No-one seemed upset or offended but when a comedian who doesn't have a disability makes one joke about it a lot of people immediately take offence."

yes Andres and I think that is right. I am not personally offended by the joke although I think its stinks as a joke. What I do say is that I can understand why people with Tourettes might be offended and I don't think that their taking offence should be dismissed as "oh its just a joke"

[Arksided]

I've not read this full thread... is some Johnny do-gooder taking offence on the part of others that actually may have found it funny.

[237SJ]

There's always going to be someone who is offended regardless of whether they suffer from Tourettes or not

[Arksided]

ohhh I thought it was about farmers and their broccoli short comings.

[zebo]

How much of Morecambe and Wise would be allowed today, and the were pretty innocuous? Two men sharing a bed before the watershed, Angela Rippon's legs, mocking Previn etc etc. They would probably be banned!

[Arksided]

I could be wrong but didn't Sesame Streets' Bert and Ernie get banned for sharing a bed... and they were two (as far as I'm aware) consenting muppets.

[jourdain2]

v-e 20.26 - I'll use that joke!

[woofgang]

Arksided, no its the Tourette's Association and people who have Tourette's. That's my point, this is not the usual thing of people getting offended on behalf of other people; its people who have a right to be offended.

[woofgang]

zebo, the Morecambe and Wise jokes were made about individuals who had consented, even asked, to have the jokes made about them.

[woofgang]

Arksided, no they weren't banned https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Are_Ernie_and_Bert_gay%3F

[tonyav]

zebo, the Morecambe and Wise jokes were made about individuals who had consented

Even Des O'Connor.

[Arksided]

Then surely they have spoken up for themselves. To the head of the Tourette's Association. and unfairly not a consideration of their true opinion.

[pixie374]

Everyone has the right to be offended, and to say so. That's as far as it goes really.

[naomi24]

I think there's been a bit of a 'whoosh' moment re my reference to Morecambe & Wise .....