is this joke offensive?

I was typing a reply to a pregnant friend of mine while we were having a discussion on a Yahoo group about our favorite Indian restaurants. She confessed as great love for curry as I have and made lunch dates at our mutually-agreed two favorite Indian restaurants near her house this weekend. I started to write back,

“You’re going to have a curried baby. That’s not jaundice, it’s turmeric.”

Then I thought again and canceled it. Maybe one would have to be a very good friend before one could kid like this. We’re just sorta friends. I was invited to her house for the first time this weekend. Signed, the wombless wonder.

Nope. Kinda funny actually.

I giggled. For what that’s worth.

Yeah, it’s cute… but I wouldn’t joke around with a pregnant woman… too emotional.

I wouldn’t joke like this to a new friend, but definitely to someone I’d known for a while. But the pregnant woman comment is true, too. Youd just have to gauge your friend.

I’ve been stung trying to make jokes to expectant mothers.
I find they have too much on their minds to read realiably, and are already worried about all sorts of things baby-related. So jaundice is not something I’d bring up.

Depends on your friend, and how well you know each other. If you have to ask, then the answer is “yes.”

Count me as a vote for funny…not rip roaring funny but funny never the less.

Pregnant women are a hormonal storm. Their tastes in food often change, and their sense of humor too, especially towards the end. Don’t risk it.

For example, my own wife got so snippy with me that I began addressing her as “Your Pregnancy”, which she inexplicably found irritating even after 10 or 11 times.

Total agreement with first point. Why risk it? For her sake, if you’re feeling magna… magni… magneto… ::sigh:: … magnanimous. Or for your sake if your jsut a selfish twit and don’t want to see a shit storm caused by you in her eyes, justified or not.
As for the 2nd point… DAMN! Your wife has been pregnant 11 times!?

FWIW to the OP, I don’t think it was actually funny, more like clever, if you know what I mean.

Her Pregancy is not amused.

FWIW, I would have appreciated it when I was pregnant. But then, I probably would have said it about myself.

Her Pregnancy…hee! I’m going to remember that one, possibly to my detriment. That’s too good to let go.

I cannot wait for my oldest to become pregnant so I can use this. Her nickname has been The Princess forever, and it’s not entirely meant as any kind of a compliment! Since she and her husband are trying to catch preggers, hopefully I will get to use this on her sooner than later!

BTW, I was pregnant 7 times, (3 miscarriages, 4 lovely children) and I would have easily seen the humor in both this as well as the curried baby comment, but then I have a weird sense of humor!

As jokes go, it’s definitely more of a korma than a vindaloo. But yeah, you might have to know her a little better first. And it could turn out really unfunny if the baby does get jaundice.

I disagree. It would be ten times funnier if the baby did get jaundice.

Well, funnier for me, anyway.

Lucky it wasn’t tandoori!

I just got my ass kicked for this!

Her name is now “Your Pregnancy”

Due March 1st !

FWIW, She thought it was funny…but she’s an emotional Sybil right now…OUCH !

You’ve gotta tailor your jokes to the person. I know I had to stop telling my sister dead baby jokes after her third or fourth miscarriage…

Yeah, but they’ll be funny again in a few years.