View Full Version : jimmy carr joke " IT WAS A BLOODY JOKE "
jans1971
26-10-09, 08:29 PM
thats all .................................................. ..... but i wish i could go back in time where we had a laugh and joke and nothing came of it. BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE ................
DarrenSV650S
26-10-09, 08:32 PM
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This was a comment about with so many injured servicemen coming back from Afghanistan, we'd have a great Paralympic team.
It wasn't a joke, for the simple reason that it isn't funny. He wouldn't be laughing if it were him.
Red Herring
26-10-09, 08:51 PM
I suppose he could argue he was just trying to be positive about what was otherwise grim news...?
Sid Squid
26-10-09, 08:54 PM
It wasn't a joke, for the simple reason that it isn't funny. He wouldn't be laughing if it were him.
That said, one respondant, who lost a limb serving his country, said it was bloody funny.
Different strokes etc etc, FWIW I think it's typical Jimmy Carr humour, which I like.
Dicky Ticker
26-10-09, 08:56 PM
Thats life---what is offensive to one person is not necessarily offensive to another
jans1971
26-10-09, 09:13 PM
This was a comment about with so many injured servicemen coming back from Afghanistan, we'd have a great Paralympic team.
It wasn't a joke, for the simple reason that it isn't funny. He wouldn't be laughing if it were him.
well they have just been talking to some survice men on tv who have been lost limbs in the war and they said its what keeps them going having a joke some banta a laugh it keeps all the **** at bay some times , " its a joke"
Spiderman
26-10-09, 09:17 PM
some service folk are even saying its a joke he stole off them and they were saying it before him!
well they have just been talking to some survice men on tv who have been lost limbs in the war and they said its what keeps them going having a joke some banta a laugh it keeps all the **** at bay some times , " its a joke"
I agree. Life is harsh and its sometimes being able to see the funny side or having a giggle that gets us through.
I remember at my Dad's wake. I was stood at the buffet with my close friend and she commented on somthing on the table being her favourite. I happened to say. "OH yeah, hmmmm, they're to die for!!!" as I said it I realised the circumstances we were in, turned to look at her and burst out laughing. so much that it soon turned to tears.
Laugh, Joke and be Happy!!!!
slark01
26-10-09, 09:35 PM
Most of the people that get upset about certain 'jokes' have actually nothing to do with the 'joke'. Which in itself is a joke.
A joke is a joke that's a joke.
Big deal, who cares, whoopy fookin do, get over it.
Oh and have a laugh.
Puckin jokes, sick of 'em.
Ste :-P
I did 14 years in the RAF and still work on an RAF base. I can confirm that the servicemans sense of humour can at times be very "questionable".
Fortunately, I have been lucky enough to avoid serious injury during my service but I can tell you now that if I had been seriously injured I would like to think that I would not throw my teddys out of my cot if somebody passed a "joke" like that around. I would like to think that I could see beyond the initial horror and appreciate that what has happened has happened and that it is time to get on with life.
But then, after all, opinions are like ar5eholes. We all have our own.
Thingus
26-10-09, 10:34 PM
I don't find him funny but i don't find the UK any funnier when we all get up in arms about this sorta thing.
Anyone here a lorry driving prositute murderer?
madnlooney
27-10-09, 01:20 AM
I can confirm that the servicemans sense of humour can at times be very "questionable".
yeah i agree i did 6 years in army and the humour is completely different and something like this would be laughed off. Look at jim davidson alot of the UK cant stand him. But hes always doing things for the forces.
I think its some general people who dont understand this and think it offends.
Anyone who works in a role which puts them at risk or exposes them to the more bizarre sides of life generally develop a black sense of humour. I am sure serving and ex-serving forces, and emergency service personnel will agree with me on this. There are also other professions which use humour as a coping mechanism, its a human thing.
I dont expect those who work in an office to necessarily "get it".
Anyone here a lorry driving prositute murderer?erm...i was cleared of that :smt118
I like Jimmy carr.
Milky Bar Kid
27-10-09, 09:46 AM
yeah i agree i did 6 years in army and the humour is completely different and something like this would be laughed off. Look at jim davidson alot of the UK cant stand him. But hes always doing things for the forces.
I think its some general people who dont understand this and think it offends.
:-k Ponders this one....(not the quote, the whole thread)
Hmmm, doing what I do, we also have a slightly strange/black sense of humour. Sometimes we need to laugh about horrible sights we see and things we mop up in order to deal with it. I can appreciate it will be similar in the Forces and I can also see that the majority will probably find this funny, or at least not be offended by it.
Saying that, I think that perhaps Jimmy Carr was a bit silly to have made the joke. At the end of the day, the actual servicemen who have been injured may "get" the humour and not find it offensive but what about their families?
I know and realise that some people will come away with the comment that, well, it wasn't the family members who were injured/maimed and therefore it's not their right to be offended but if one of my loved ones, either family or friends had something terrible happen to them and I heard someone joke about it, tbh, I think I would get offended and be a bit angry. I think most people would.
There are a time and place for these kindof jokes. Perhaps if Jimmy Carr had been doing a show for serving and ex serving members of the forces, not out in the general public, then this joke would have been recieved quite well.
Owenski
27-10-09, 09:58 AM
Its also true,
The paralymic reps have been going round the re-hab centres for a few months now. These are physcially strong competative people who have been injured. To give them a goal and something positive to think about when they wake up its a bloody fantastic idea.
Jimmy Carr is a brilliant comedian, so dry its understandable that some people mistake his comments as cold and arrogant but its like Family guy, once you start to 'get it' you'll realise its brilliance.
Milky Bar Kid
27-10-09, 10:00 AM
Its also true,
The paralymic reps have been going round the re-hab centres for a few months now. These are physcially strong competative people who have been injured. To give them a goal and something positive to think about when they wake up its a bloody fantastic idea. .
+1. I meant to put this in my post but forgot because I was thinking too hard.
the_lone_wolf
27-10-09, 10:07 AM
I see Jimmy Carr saying "oh it's just a joke" - but personally I don't think he has a leg to stand on...
Bluefish
27-10-09, 10:31 AM
I see Jimmy Carr saying "oh it's just a joke" - but personally I don't think he has a leg to stand on...
Lol
Alpinestarhero
27-10-09, 10:36 AM
I suppose he could argue he was just trying to be positive about what was otherwise grim news...?
Lots of people make a joke about what is a grim situation. Its not that the person is insensitive (not always anyway), its just they feel that maybe a joke will help to dissolve tension i suppose.
Look at the jokes made on here when people have off's and stuff...we know its serious, but a joke helps to dissolve the badness
in anycase, it is a little tasteless, but then how many of us laughed at jokes about michael jackson, or stephen gatley. These two individuals were loved by many
the_lone_wolf
27-10-09, 11:12 AM
Lol
:-dd
Im on an RAF site, the general consensus is that he actually heard the comment from an injured serviceman at Headley court rehabilation centre, personally I cant stand the the smug **** but he actually supports out troops so it may have been taken the wrong way, incidentally any serving or ex service personnel will tell you that a kind of black humour is often a saftey valve.
thedonal
27-10-09, 03:53 PM
Is this, perhaps, a topical 'outrage' instigated by The Sun et al? I missed it all.
If so, that makes me more sick, as it's just mob-provoking hypocrisy that sells papers.
Personally, Jimmy Carr gets right on my t!ts, but I appreciate a good joke and perhaps would have laughed. It's quite a good gag really.
If this joke / comment had been made in a Mess or NAFFI bar the place audience would of been laughing. Sick / Black sense of humour in the forces (keeps you going on times).
He,s also right an old friend of mine is in training for that very event having lost his legs, and knowing him he will do very well.
I'm the only one then who doesn't find it amusing.
I don't care if I'm in a minority of one, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
It was insensitive and sick. Black humour or not - and black humour is usually having a 'laugh' at someone else's expense - I didn't find it remotely funny.
SuzukiNess
27-10-09, 10:29 PM
I see Jimmy Carr saying "oh it's just a joke" - but personally I don't think he has a leg to stand on...
and this is why the day i meet you i gonna kiss ya to death... :salut: u tickle me pink with your comments :) :smt054
i like jimmy carr... didnt hear the joke .. but could possibly understand why people got upset.. but ffs we make jokes bout blondes and hitler and jews and the irish and and and and and...
its all a bit too PC these days
:smt086
yorkie_chris
27-10-09, 10:44 PM
Anybody who gets offended by comedy to the point of writing letters of complaint should drag their limp-wristed, yellow, left wing, hippy carcasses over to the nearest solid object and batter their heads against it until their brains fall out.
I don't think I've ever met a squaddie who didn't have a far more sick sense of humour than this. When somebody who was the target of this joke finds it offensive, there is a problem*. Until then I hope the complainants balls turn square and fester on the corners.
* This group of people are actually worthy of consideration in my view, one of the very few who are. I think comedians should go out of their way to try to offend everyone else!
CoolGirl
27-10-09, 10:57 PM
I don't care if I'm in a minority of one, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
Good for you Ed. Humour is a very personal thing - some jokes make some people laugh, some jokes make some people irritated, some jokes some people just don't get. I used to work in equalities and we used to dish out the most near-the-knuckle material, otherwise we'd all take it far too seriously and end up like the PC brigade. Of course, we knew when it was and wasn't appropriate to let loose. Mike says the same about fire station humour.
If only Hovis was here to tell us to get over our ****ing selves and put us all straight:(
jans1971
28-10-09, 08:59 AM
[QUOTE=yorkie_chris;2078320]Anybody who gets offended by comedy to the point of writing letters of complaint should drag their limp-wristed, yellow, left wing, hippy carcasses over to the nearest solid object and batter their heads against it until their brains fall out.
+1
Anybody who gets offended by comedy to the point of writing letters of complaint should drag their limp-wristed, yellow, left wing, hippy carcasses over to the nearest solid object and batter their heads against it until their brains fall out.
I don't think I've ever met a squaddie who didn't have a far more sick sense of humour than this. When somebody who was the target of this joke finds it offensive, there is a problem*. Until then I hope the complainants balls turn square and fester on the corners.
* This group of people are actually worthy of consideration in my view, one of the very few who are. I think comedians should go out of their way to try to offend everyone else!
Another quality post there YC.:D I think I genuinely found it funnier than Jimmy Carr.
I dont expect those who work in an office to necessarily "get it".
Working in an office has nothing to do with it, its simply down to your personal sense of humour.
arenalife
28-10-09, 09:30 AM
2 of my favourite Jimmy Carr jokes:
Chernobyl, 25 years and still no superheroes???
How do you make a gay have sex with a woman?
**** in her ****
It's funnier when he does it I'll admit.
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