I’m not looking for any 9/11 jokes, believe me, but I’m curious about something. Seeing as how Americans typically deal with tragedy with humor (as in the Challenger Shuttle jokes or the JFK assassination stuff), I was sort of wondering where all the World Trade Center jokes are?
Anyone have any theories?
It’s way too soon, and it started a war.
Hmmm…if you want theories (and I don’t see how you can have a factual answer to this), the question might be better served in IMHO.
It is a very good question - I haven’t heard a single sick joke about 9/11, and normally, however tragic the event, there are a handful of jokes about it. Maybe the magnitude of this one is too awful, that jokes are considered taboo - it’s still too hot to touch. Perhaps the country is still in a state of collective shock (if that makes any sense).
It could also be that in a sense, 9/11 is “not over” since we are still waging a war on terrorism. Perhaps people thought it was acceptable to make sick jokes about events that happened and then were over - e.g. the Challenger explosion. We are still living under the cloud of something like 9/11 happening again.
Interesting question. I heard Challenger and Herald Of Free Enterprise jokes at school the day after those disasters; I’ve even heard holocaust jokes. I suspect the lack of 11 September jokes reflects the fact that the tragedy isn’t a closed, historical event. People in the US may be worried because they feel terrorism remains a threat to their lives, one that never bothered them prior to last year.
visit www.theonion.com
Comedy and 9-11 : they came through.
That edition is still posted under “US Attacked: Holy Fucking Shit!”
…or something like that.
Here’s one: http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/adultery.htm
I heard a 9/11 joke way back in October. I can’t remember it though but it had something to do with direct flights to the office, I think.
I was working at a brokerage firm when the challenger exploded, and it wasn’t 15 minutes later that I heard the first joke. It’s a little known fact that floor traders and brokers are awesome joke tellers. The jobs are high stress, and they all have to be quick with their brains. A joke told on one side of the floor at the NYSE will be in L.A. before lunch. I am not making this up. Ask your broker if he’s heard any good jokes lately, it’s a good way to gauge how close they are to the pit.
This tragedy obviously hit much closer to home for them, and I have to agree with Hippy144. It’s way too soon.
alot of bin laden jokes though… and i’m pretty sure i’ve heard at least 1 9/11 joke.
i’ve seen tv shows refer to quite 9/11 quite a few times, on a side note
Sept. 11 Humor from Sept 16.
Joan Rivers has started using some 9/11 jokes in her routine, much to everyone’s dismay.
There were a ton of jokes out just 3 days after - it’s just that there isn’t much of an audience - not cuz people don’t want to hear them but because people are afraid to tell them. BTW, it’s definately not that it’s too soon - you still don’t hear jokes about Pearl Harbor (unless your talking about the movie)
The first joke I heard was maybe a week after. It went something like, “Why did the hijackers practice with Microsoft Flight Sim? Because they wanted to learn how to crash!”
Thank you, enjoy the shrimp…
According to an interview in Newsweek, even the editors at The Onion had limits, and they ended up killing one porposed headline: “Nation Stronger Than Ever, Say Officials at the Quadragon”.
What? Are my circle of friends the only ones who use “That’s so September 10th.” to denote something as lame.
Second City Chicago’s current revue is titled “Thank Heaven it wasn’t 7-11.”
Q: Who are the fastest readers in the country?
A: New Yorkers. They can go thru 110 stories in 30 seconds.
Not that I think it’s funny, I’m just sharing a 9/11 joke.
Well, I thought it was funny.
But then I’m a sick bastard.
Can’t think of any off-hand, but surely there were dozens of “Osama’s Mama” jokes that fall under the 9-11 category.
I have seen teeshirts that parody the “I (heart) new york” shirts… with like a clip art picture of a plane… so it says “I (plane) new york”
err… its not a funny joke at all…
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(Maybe not 9-11 per se, but made the rounds not long aftter.)