# Is this joke funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648 "2011-06-07T19:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/21 "2011-06-07T20:42:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s OK in impolite company though, right? I suppose so, for people that like that sort of thing. Definitely not something you’d use to open a speech in any formal or official scenario, though. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/22 "2011-06-07T20:45:07Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > They’re two people, not one person with two heads. [Depends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel). ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/23 "2011-06-07T20:48:44Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > [Depends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel). My post was a joke, but everything about that article makes it clear that they’re two people, starting with them each having their own name. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/24 "2011-06-07T20:50:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > If by “funny” you mean tasteless, insensitive, and inappropriate in polite company, then yes. I’m with **Oakminster** on this one. Not funny. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/25 "2011-06-07T20:53:30Z")
Joke in the OP was not that funny, mostly because it’s tired and old. This, however, made me laugh: > [@lukeinva](#): > > :dubious: That’s a wee bit extreme. However, if I offended both of you I sincerely apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/26 "2011-06-07T21:12:52Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > The joke isn’t making fun of a disabled person. Come now, it _must_ be, so that we can be outraged. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/27 "2011-06-07T21:36:01Z")
Lame, inoffensive. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/28 "2011-06-07T21:41:05Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I bet it’s an even number! Oh come now, they could disagree. And it might look something like [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYFefppqEtE&t=1m38s) ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/29 "2011-06-07T22:33:31Z")
I didn’t find it that funny, but also didn’t think it was mocking the disabled. I mean, just because a country drives on the left doesn’t mean it’s disabled. > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Maybe not. In both Thailand and England, they drive on the left. This made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/30 "2011-06-08T00:24:12Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I’m with **Oakminster** on this one. Not funny. I’m not with \*\*Oak \*\*on this one, but, the joke isn’t funny. It isn’t horribly unfunny, it just…kind of sits there. 6th grade humor, while the funny stuff starts at 8th grade. Keep trying, tho. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/31 "2011-06-08T00:39:41Z")
I find it highly offensive! So what if the Europeans can’t figure out which side of the road people are supposed to drive on? That’s no excuse to ridicule them. ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/32 "2011-06-08T00:40:52Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Yes, making fun of the disabled is generally considered tasteless, insensitive, and inappropriate in polite company. > > Don’t care. > > See above. Offended amputee spotted. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/33 "2011-06-08T00:56:10Z")
What did the politically correct person get for their birthday? Definitely NOT the joke… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/34 "2011-06-08T02:46:44Z")
I like that joke if you please. I like that joke if you don’t please. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/35 "2011-06-08T03:57:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Yes, making fun of the disabled is generally considered tasteless, insensitive, and inappropriate in polite company. No doubt. However, there is IMHO far too much assumption in general that a joke that _involves_ a minority or an oppressed or disadvantaged group is a joke that is _making fun of them_. In my opinion this joke says nothing bad about Siamese twins at all. It’s just a riff on a particular aspect of what being such a twin might be like. Much of the time I feel that the offenderati are offended not because they are actually upset but because they want to make sure everyone sees how wonderfully sensitive they are. Further, they are actually being insensitive because their behaviour is patronising to the subject of the joke, who they are assuming has no sense of humour about themselves and their predicament. Which is in my experience very often not the case at all. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/36 "2011-06-08T04:35:29Z")
> [@lukeinva](#): > > Edit: Maybe it should be England. . . That was the funniest part of the joke. Your timing was perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/37 "2011-06-08T05:32:05Z")
Cute joke. I find nothing offensive about it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/38 "2011-06-08T08:02:58Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I like that joke if you please. I like that joke if you don’t please. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/39 "2011-06-08T09:07:24Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Maybe not. In both Thailand and England, they drive on the left. On the other hand conjoined twins are called Chinese twins in Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648/40 "2011-06-08T12:08:18Z")
Politically corrected version: Q: Why did the Siamese twins move to Europe? A: Um, the preferred term is CONJOINED twins, and they don’t have to JUSTIFY what they do to you or anyone else! _\_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-funny/584648.md?page=3)