Spanner in the works...
Again, The regulars will know me as a bloke who enjoys his local pub in Sweden... And ends up chatting to many ladies of an evening.

Some are inane boring nightmares, others are of interest. Every now and then I get the two confused - as you do.

Last night was pub quiz-night, and as usual there is the "beer" questions. Half time true/false things, two correct answers pulled out of the had, two people get beer. Sorted.

Question.. "True of False, Elephants are the only animal that can't jump"....

Duh. Ever seen a jumping jellyfish? Me neither.

Later on we swapped answer sheets with some lovely lasses nearby, and we ended up chatting. They started to prove themselves to be totally daft as the conversation went on, until Per-Ola was making "Let's get out of here" faces at me.

The topic of "Elephant Aerobics" came up, turns out they all thought it was true.... then one lass said "Well, *giggle* I thought about disabled people not being able to jump, but they're not really people, let alone animals"

Per-Ola visibly froze and looked at me... He knows my mum's wheel-chair status... he relaxed when I smiled and said "Really? My mum's in a wheelchair...

3 daft lasses cringing and trying to hide behind pint glasses is great sight. Could have heard a pin drop. We turned back to our table and resumed Guinness consumption.

Anyhoo... That's my standard response to people who degrade the disabled. Jokes I can deal with; Humour should never be punished, but when it's downright offensive ... Make them suffer :)
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Fri 28 Nov 2008, 11:26, Reply)