# They wouldn't fly now **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wouldnt-fly-now/962825 "2022-04-14T14:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 196
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wouldnt-fly-now/962825/196 "2022-04-26T23:48:36Z")
Mentally handicapped people used to be comedy fodder - people who weren’t just foolish like Homer Simpson, but rather people who were clearly disabled. For example, in the radio show [Duffy’s Tavern](https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1950s/duffys-tavern/) there’s a character described by the lead character, this way > a subnormal chowder head . . . a dope . . . a low-grade moron. > You have to forgive him. When he was born, the baby doctor was a little nearsighted and Finnegan got slapped on the head. That has dropped off considerably. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wouldnt-fly-now/962825)._