European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Its getting harder to Tell a Good Jok Echarles Osgood Tribune Media service jokes Are having a rough time these Days. Many comedians can and do have funny lines and routines now but they arc not jokes in the old fashioned sense of the word. Nobody laughs at jokes anymore. A lot of so called jokes Are for various reasons offensive to people. If you re not careful the punch line can get you a punch in the nose. This is because too often the joke has a  its at somebody a expense. For example it is considered impolite and insensitive now to Tell ethnic jokes. No More jokes based on race Creed or color. No More polish jokes. No More Pat and Mike Drunken irishman jokes no More Lazy mexican or cheap scotsman or Money grubbing jewish jokes. No jokes about the physiology or habits of Blacks asians indians. Geographic jokes Are taboo. You re not supposed to make fun of people anymore simply because they re from Brooklyn or Cleveland or Hoboken . A anybody Here from new Jersey Quot a tour guide once asked. The of goods hands shot up. A wok a said the guide a a in la speak very  there arc signs at the Airport Security Gates warning you not to joke about guns bombs or hijacking. They mean it too. The authorities wont take any chances that you were just fooling around when you said what you said. Now that a been taken a step further. The other night at the Detroit Airport there was a delay because the Pilot  get to the Airport. A substitute Pilot was called to come in on his Day off but he was 50 Miles away and had to drive to the Airport. One of the waiting passengers Ann Beaver of Bloomfield Hills mich., remarked to a flight atle Dent a i Hope he Hasni to been  she was just joking she says. It was a topical joke based on the fact that three other Northwest pilots were charged in March with flying while intoxicated. But when the Pilot who had been called in on his Day off got to the Detroit Airport the flight attendant told him about mrs. Beavers Little joke and he was not amused. In fact he said the joke was an  that made Ann Beaver the Alligator 1 guess. Anyway the other waiting passengers could have killed her because now the Pilot said that he  go into the cockpit until he was Given a blood test. So off he went to the Hospital for a blood test while the passengers sat there fuming. The flight finally took off four hours late a without Ann Beaver and her husband. They decided to wait until the next morning rather than Pul up with the insults from the other passengers. Thai s what joking will do for you. Something to remember next time you Fly. By the Way if you Sec your Friend Jack across the terminal think twice before you yell a Chi Quot to him. In a Only kidding in a Only kidding no kidding names of occupations in colonial Days policeman a tip staff Street sweeper a whitewing female writer a bluestocking Book peddle a co Porteur shoe repairer a snobs at wig maker a Peruser customs inspector a tide waiter Secretary a amanuensis source the old Farmer s almanac surprisingly dangerous animals red Forest Buffalo a stalks humans Hyena a carries off sick sleeping humans mute Swan a Breaks human limbs White tailed Deer a clubs tramples humans cassowary a slashes humans with claws sea Wasp jellyfish a sting fatal to humans source dangerous to Man 5 inventions by women bloomers a Elizabeth Smith Miller 1851 Kewpie doll a a Rose o Neill 1913 chocolate Chip cookies a Ruth Wakefield 1933 miniskirt a Mary Quant late 1960s stretch leotards a Claire Mccardell 1940s named for social reformer Amelia Bloomer some to Mot Hois of invention May 20, 1990 sunday c