Racism

How do you start? Like this?

Reporter: "Excuse me, may I interview you?"
Man: "Yes!"
Reporter: "Name?"
Man: "Abdul Al-Rhazim."
Reporter: "Sex?"
Man: "Three to five times a week."
Reporter: "No no! I mean male or female?"
Man: "Yes, male, female... sometimes camel."
Reporter: "Holy cow!"
Man: "Yes, cow, sheep... animals in general."
Reporter: "But isn't that hostile?"
Man: "Yes, horse style, dog style, any style."
Reporter: "Oh dear!"
Man: "No, no deer. Deer run too fast. Hard to catch."

Them and us. Abdul Al-Rhazim thinks he fits in when he just doesn't. He is not “us” he is “them”. And it hurts.

If you happen to be, say, a student at university or a boy at school, then this can well be seen as quite witty. While the hormones rage, sex is always an amusing and, yes, a naughty topic really.

Old men, likewise, are often smutty. I do not know why. Perhaps it is because our bodies make us so ridiculous anyway with their sudden failures and embarrassing noises.

Some people are always on the look-out for trouble and, of course, to them this is racist and possibly, if they are very lucky, Islamophobic too. Oh - I nearly forgot - it is sexist too - Bingo!

I think I have offended nearly everyone now - and got everyone's attention.

We really do live in times when jokes are getting less and less tolerated. That is a shame. But there you are. 

I chose this way of starting off because I thought of a number and then used the number on my blog. If you would like to see the template which I used, click here.

But there are better ways of doing that. More tomorrow.