# Jokes that sound like they are going to be racist, but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654 "2014-02-18T21:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/21 "2014-02-22T05:07:54Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > What’s black and white and red all over? > [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > A zebra with sunburn? I think it refers to this: A nun that fell down the stairs ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/22 "2014-02-22T05:29:19Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > This doesn’t quite fit the category, but I always liked it. > > What’s brown and rhymes with Dre? > > Snoop Dog I heard it differently: What’s brown and rhymes with Snoop? Dr. Dre. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/23 "2014-02-22T05:40:16Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/24 "2014-02-22T15:01:00Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > A slight correction: Tony Yeboah is Ghanaian :smack: Must have mixed him up with the Kaiser Chief… He could have been a great, but probably spent too much time in the pie shop with Thomas Brolin… ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/25 "2014-02-22T15:27:09Z")
What do you call a Polish guy with a $600 hat? Your Holiness (it was a sad day in 2005 when we had to retire this one). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/26 "2014-02-22T18:44:29Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I think it refers to this: > > A nun that fell down the stairs Nah, I was fishing for responses. I’ve known about “newspaper” and “sunburnt zebra” since I was about six, felt like seeing how many others there are. (As a traumatized survivor of 1950’s Catholic Schools I really like the “injured nun.”) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/27 "2014-02-22T18:54:37Z")
Penguin in a blender? ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/28 "2014-02-22T23:25:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > What’s brown and sticky? My Beyoncé poster. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/29 "2014-02-23T00:04:19Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Nah, I was fishing for responses. I’ve known about “newspaper” and “sunburnt zebra” since I was about six, felt like seeing how many others there are. > (As a traumatized survivor of 1950’s Catholic Schools I really like the “injured nun.”) A blushing penguin. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/30 "2014-02-23T00:28:30Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > What’s black and white and red all over? A nun with a sunburn. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/31 "2014-02-23T00:34:29Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > My Beyoncé poster. 😃 Brilliant. So… what’s pink and hard in the morning? (another old one) The _Financial Times_ crossword. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/32 "2014-02-23T00:46:03Z")
Here’s one that’s a bit out of date - it’s from 1982: How many Polish people does it take to change a lightbulb? None - they just turn off all of the other lights and hang a sign outside of the home saying “Solidarity Blackout,” and pretty soon a Soviet T-54 tank will show up and the crew will put 200-watt bulbs in every light socket. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/33 "2014-02-23T02:02:12Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > There’s the [Wheel of Fortune](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbQ4CG1T_1c) scene on **South Park** (NSFW). That’s like one of my favorite scenes ever. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/34 "2014-02-23T06:19:34Z")
What’s long and hard and filled with seamen? A submarine. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/35 "2014-02-23T15:34:15Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > What’s long and hard and filled with seamen? > > A submarine. Um, we’re doing Non-racist jokes, not the admissions exam for The Turtle Club. Are you a turtle? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/36 "2014-02-23T15:46:36Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Um, we’re doing Non-racist jokes, not the admissions exam for The Turtle Club. > > Are you a turtle? 😕 And the black & white and red all over is non-racist how again? ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/37 "2014-02-23T20:42:42Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I’ve come across two of these in the wild: > > 1. How do you find Will Smith in the snow? > > Look for the fresh prints. I hate to be the dunce here, but is there a racist punch line I’m supposed to assume you’re going to say before you spring the actual one? If so, what is it?? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/38 "2014-02-23T20:53:54Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > I hate to be the dunce here, but is there a racist punch line I’m supposed to assume you’re going to say before you spring the actual one? If so, what is it?? I think the assumption is that Will Smith is not going to blend in with the snow as it is white. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/39 "2014-02-24T01:07:12Z")
What do you call a Scot in the knockout stage of a (soccer) World Cup Referee ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/40 "2014-02-24T01:34:06Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Um, we’re doing Non-racist jokes, not the admissions exam for The Turtle Club. > > Are you a turtle? 😕 > [@Hampshire](#): > > And the black & white and red all over is non-racist how again? How are “A newspaper”, “a blushing penguin”, and “a sunburned nun” racist? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654.md?page=3)