Irish jokes

[Juan Albion]

Genuine question, purely out of interest and with a nod towards St Patrick's Day. Do Irish jokes still abound in the UK or have they died a natural death?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Spear & Jackson !

 

[zeemeeuw]

As far as I know Bono is still alive.

 

[Questions]

Genuine question, purely out of interest and with a nod towards St Patrick's Day. Do Irish jokes still abound in the UK or have they died a natural death?

Go ahead I say.The funniest bit is waiting for the usual suspects to say things like................is it 1976 again.

 

[Simster]

Dare's more ta Oyreland dan diss.

 

[Juan Albion]

Go ahead I say.The funniest bit is waiting for the usual suspects to say things like................is it 1976 again.

Well that's rather my point. Having been away from the UK for quite a long time now, I just remember that they used to be the backbone of every comedian's act, but now I look at Uncle C's list of so-called jokes and there isn't one among them. Had a go at just about everyone else but not the Irish. If Irish jokes are now a thing of the past, I'd be quite impressed, except it probably just means others have now just taken their place as the butt of jokes.

However I'm glad to see that mother-in-law jokes still make the list.

 

[Acker79]

I think it's probably largely due to a lack of new irish jokes, coupled with changing trends in humour - surreal (Izzard, Bailey), puns (Jimmy Carr), shock value (South park, jimmy carr, family guy), observational (Mark Lamarr, Stewart Lee, Peter Kay), dead pan sarcasm (Jack Dee) have all had their moment in the comedy spotlight.

I think also the rise of celebrity has played a part.

Every irish joke that played on the stereotypical lack of intelligence has been morphed into the celebrity of the moment, the "irishman", much like "the blonde" are replaced in these by the likes of Jade Goody, David Beckham, Jessica Simpson, etc.


Are they gone for good? Who knows. Sometimes things come around again, what was old is new again, etc.

 

[Superphil]

list of so-called jokes

You may have your answer there

 

[WhingForPresident]

What's Irish and sits outside in the summer?
Paddy O'Furniture

 

[Colossal Squid]

I think these days the likes of Guinness have made it trendy and cool to be Irish rather than something shameful and embarrassing. Just look at the fuss that gets created over St Patrick's Day each year. With every man and his dog rooting up some hitherto unmentioned Irish heritage it stands to reason that we're not all going to be taking the piss out of them as a nation if we're all claiming to have some Irish blood ourselves.

There was surprisingly little pisstaking that came about after Thierry Henry's handball ensured the paddy's won't be going to the World Cup. Generally speaking there was a lot of sympathy for the injustice of it all and I think it's indicative of the shift in attitude towards our Emerald Island neighbours

 

[beorhthelm]

theres a couple that are quite funny that still go round, playing on accent rather than "irishness".

 

[Juan Albion]

Thanks for some sensible answers. Much appreciated.

 

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I think these days the likes of Guinness have made it trendy and cool to be Irish rather than something shameful and embarrassing. Just look at the fuss that gets created over St Patrick's Day each year. With every man and his dog rooting up some hitherto unmentioned Irish heritage it stands to reason that we're not all going to be taking the piss out of them as a nation if we're all claiming to have some Irish blood ourselves.

There was surprisingly little pisstaking that came about after Thierry Henry's handball ensured the paddy's won't be going to the World Cup. Generally speaking there was a lot of sympathy for the injustice of it all and I think it's indicative of the shift in attitude towards our Emerald Island neighbours

Bollocks, speak for yourself as far as ' were all claiming to have irish blood ourselves, and for the record i was chuffed that the french knocked the paddies out, it made it even funnier that it was as a result of a goal that should have been disallowed.

 

[rusty redeyes]

Bollocks, speak for yourself as far as ' were all claiming to have irish blood ourselves, and for the record i was chuffed that the french knocked the paddies out, it made it even funnier that it was as a result of a goal that should have been disallowed.

So I'm not alone then

 

[User removed 4]

So I'm not alone then

obviously not

 

[Scampi]

I think the targets have changed. Blonde jokes seem to have taken up the laugh at the thicky angle, and nowadays the muslims are the bogeymen so cover the terrorism angle.

 

[rusty redeyes]

obviously not

 

[Colossal Squid]

Bollocks, speak for yourself as far as ' were all claiming to have irish blood ourselves, and for the record i was chuffed that the french knocked the paddies out, it made it even funnier that it was as a result of a goal that should have been disallowed.

Calm down, I didn't say everybody felt the same. You must admit there is quite a love in with the Irish in this country these days though.

U2
Boyzone
Westlife
B*Witched
Dermot O'Leary
Louis Walsh
Dylan Moran
Dara O'Briain
Ed Byrne
Jason Byrne
Ardal O'Hanlon
Graham Norton

WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM

 

[User removed 4]

Calm down, I didn't say everybody felt the same. You must admit there is quite a love in with the Irish in this country these days though.

U2
Boyzone
Westlife
B*Witched
Dermot O'Leary
Louis Walsh
Dylan Moran
Dara O'Briain
Ed Byrne
Jason Byrne
Ardal O'Hanlon
Graham Norton

WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM

Its been ever thus, val doonican, eamon andrews, the bachelors

 

[Simster]

Bollocks, speak for yourself as far as ' were all claiming to have irish blood ourselves, and for the record i was chuffed that the french knocked the paddies out, it made it even funnier that it was as a result of a goal that should have been disallowed.

Is the correct answer. And in hindsight, all their WHINGING it made it even funnier.

Oh and I say that and I actually DO have a tiny bit of Irish blood in me.