# Dame Edna can lick my huevos **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035 "2003-02-10T05:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/21 "2003-02-10T06:05:40Z")
Hey, Chaco. Read it again, particularly the very last line, “If you’re American, try English.” Doesn’t that give you a clue that this is satire, that it’s not to be taken seriously, that Dame Edna is parodying the attitude that you’re so offended by? Lighten up. Personally, I think the Great Dame is damned funny. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/22 "2003-02-10T06:06:50Z")
I’ll try again. It’s like getting upset with “Archie Bunker” for being a bigoted clown. But the “Archie Bunker” character was _supposed_ to be a bigoted clown, and the intention was to mock _bigots_. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/23 "2003-02-10T06:09:10Z")
**haj** beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/24 "2003-02-10T06:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by schplebordnik \* > \*\*The biggest problem with the help/leaf blower line is that it isn’t funny. > \*\* Yes it is. Surely you can see the absurdity of the idea that all Spanish speaking people are the help. ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/25 "2003-02-10T06:14:51Z")
“The help don’t speak English” is an old “joke” that’s been beat to death. Sort of like the joke about West Virginians having no teeth and screwing their sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Chaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Chaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaco)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/26 "2003-02-10T06:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*Well, to put things in perspective: Comedians make fun of white people all the time. I’m white. If I got as upset as you are every time I heard / read something making fun of whites, I’d probably keel over from a heart attack. > > Compare… \*\* I have seen several instances (on this board even) of people getting very offended by being called sheep raping inbreeds. Even I find this offensive even though I am not white. People have said to me things like, “you guys eat tortillas and beans” and other goofy shit and I just let it slide because I realize that they are ignorant. My contention is that a major publication like Vanity Fair should not allow things like this to be said because it may be taken out of context, as is apparent in this situation. If I go to a comedy club or I watch a late night show, I know that what to expect. A publication like Vanity Fair (And I apologize for making fun of it, because I have honestly never read it so I will refrain from making judgments about it) should be careful about what it publishes. I am sick of the media portraying us as subordinates or the “help” as are a lot of people within my culture. I am lightening up now that I understand the context, but there are still many, many people who do not, and they are still very offended by this. This is what I mean by saying that Vanity Fair should be careful. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/27 "2003-02-10T06:17:52Z")
All Americans are fat All British have bad teeth All Aussies are criminals All Latinos are home helps There, hope thats cleared things up! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/28 "2003-02-10T06:20:18Z")
Chaco said: \<\< I have seen several instances (on this board even) of people getting very offended by being called sheep raping inbreeds. \>\> Well, funnily enough, I nearly fell of my chair laughing at that! Like it, I’ll have to remember that one. ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/29 "2003-02-10T06:24:22Z")
It’s considered in-breeding to rape a sheep? Good lord, this has been going on a lot longer than anyone thought! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/30 "2003-02-10T06:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by schplebordnik \* > \*\*It’s considered in-breeding to rape a sheep? Good lord, this has been going on a lot longer than anyone thought! \*\* See, that was funny too. As for Dame Edna, oh do come on Possum’s, he’s a comedian. [quote] [ul][li]“My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.”[_]“I’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.”[_]“The Ancient Greeks, they’re different: the blond, cultured ones. They all died out I’m afraid…”“You mustn’t judge Australia by the Australians”[/ul][/li][/quote] He takes the piss out of lots of things, all in a blatantly over the top way that should suggest to the audience it might not be serious . For example, he’s a 69 year old male wearing a dress, a purple rinse wig, some of the greatest glasses ever seen and speaking in a falsetto strine accent . Does this suggest that he’s being serious to you? ---
**Author:** ![Chaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Chaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaco)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/31 "2003-02-10T07:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*All Americans are fat > All British have bad teeth > All Aussies are criminals > All Latinos are home helps > There, hope thats cleared things up! \*\* That perpetuating ignorance is OK as long as you are joking? Yeah, loud and clear.:rolleyes: Maybe she should have talked about wetbacks like O’Reily did. Oh wait, he is also a master of satire. That explains everything. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/32 "2003-02-10T08:01:39Z")
Oh my god! Next time I see someone make a joke about showtunes, I’m going to have to scream my head off and start an internet chain letter demanding that person’s immediate termination for being a homophobic asshole! I agree completely with the “humorless people” comment posted earlier. If you go out of your way to be offended, there’s a really good chance you’ll find something to be offended about. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/33 "2003-02-10T08:02:53Z")
I am Mexican and I am completely unoffended…in fact I am a little offended myself at people (including other Latinos) who are in just such a rush to be offended crybabies over everything. If you can’t grasp that this was an obvious satire of bigoted dimwits, then I am deeply worried. Granted I don’t find it terribly funny, but not the least bit serious. Perhaps since “Edna” is an Australian, she probably isn’t privy to the knowledge that Latinos are a “protected class” in America that can’t be poked fun of in the same way that Poles or Frenchmen are. Now Vanity Fair should know better, but then again should they be out to censor everyone? Should all illiberal or politically incorrect material be expunged from print? And Latinos are not the fastest growing ethnic group(s) in America, Asians are. But then again we are perfectly free to make fun of the British, as those pasty bastards no longer come here that often and barely have sex at all. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/34 "2003-02-10T08:28:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by syncrolecyne \* > \*\*But then again we are perfectly free to make fun of the British, as those pasty bastards no longer come here that often and barely have sex at all. \*\* Now I do hope that you were wearing a dress and typing in a squeaky voice when you posted that, just to make it clear you were joking. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/35 "2003-02-10T08:30:48Z")
I _ **LOVE** _ Dame Edna. She never seemed to be as popular in Australia as she was in the UK though. “Dame Edna” isn’t the only persona the comedian does, Australian politician “Les Patterson” is also quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/36 "2003-02-10T10:48:12Z")
Vanity Fair also has an imaginary society dame columnist named Nan (exists only as a drawing; not even as a man in a dress) who described a vacation spot as being overrun by doughy, badly dressed midwesterners. You guessed it: a reader from Ohio wrote in canceling her subscription. Vanity Fair printed the letter without comment. ---
**Author:** ![Consuela\_Bobuela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Consuela\_Bobuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consuela_Bobuela)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/37 "2003-02-10T11:16:54Z")
I can see the satire in Dame Edna’s column piece, but it just didn’t have the right punch to hit home. Much more clever satire is the [Sarah Silverman bit](http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/Pf/0,1527,8559,00.html) that got her into so much trouble with the asian community. It troubled me that they didn’t see the irony of it. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/38 "2003-02-10T11:30:55Z")
Let’s review, shall we? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chaco \* > **I thought it was an urban legend when I first heard heard about what he/she said… Then I get this petition and now I am furious.** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Chaco \* > \*\* A publication like Vanity Fair (And I apologize for making fun of it, because I have honestly never read it so I will refrain from making judgments about it) should be careful about what it publishes._\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chaco \* > \*\*I do not know who this asshole (Dame Edna) is and I would guess that a lot of Latinos don’t know who he is. \*\* So you heard vague rumours, then received an e-mail providing conclusive proof about something you’ve never read or heard of before, and now you’re upset. I assume that you’re also pissed off because a bunch of Nigerians scammed all of the money from your bank account. Stupid jerk. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/39 "2003-02-10T12:47:58Z")
Chaco, perdona, pero a este boricua eso no le molestó en nada. ¿Sabes por qué? ¡Porque el comediante tras “Dame Edna” NO, repito _ **NO** _ está mofándose de los latinos! ¡Está mofándose DE LOS SNOBS BLANCOS RICOS que actúan y piensan de esa manera! El propósito de la pieza es demostrar cuán ridículas son ESAS personas y la clase de mentalidad ignorante que tienen. ¿O es que está prohibido escribir una sóla palabra si no es que por eso es lo que abogas? Diantres, hombre, es una pieza de una revista de novedades frívolas, no un pasaje de sagradas escrituras. [sub] Excuse me, Chaco, but this Puertorrican is not offended. Know why? Because the “Dame Edna” character is NOT, repeat NOT, mocking latinos! He’s mocking RICH WHITE SNOBS who act and think that way! The purpose of the piece is to show how ridiculous and ignorant are people with that mentality. Or are we supposed to never write a word that we’re not actually advocating? C’mon, man, it’s a fluff piece for a magazine, not Scripture![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035/40 "2003-02-10T13:02:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _istara_ > She never seemed to be as popular in Australia as she was in the UK though. That’s partly because she’s been doing that act since the mid 1950s. > [@](#): > > “Dame Edna” isn’t the only persona the comedian does, Australian politician “Les Patterson” is also quite funny. Ooh, Sir Les is tasteless. He’s not a politican, he’s a cultural attache and patron of the yartz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-edna-can-lick-my-huevos/154035.md?page=3)