Comments on: when a stereotypical joke is funny. or is it?

By: melly~

melly~ — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:14:39 +0000

funny how in scrolling down the comments, many readers had heard the joke before but with an altered punchline. add me to that list.

i think the joke is funny. don’t most major religions think they’re right? poke a little fun at yourself. it’s ok.

my two best friends back in toledo were mormon. we used to joke and say i was practically mormon myself – i knew all the lingo.
there was a south park episode similar to this joke – all the catholics and baptists and church of god-ers were in hell together and they couldn’t understand why they were there. the right hand of satan said, “i’m sorry, but the correct answer was the mormons!” everyone groans. makes my LDS friends laugh and laugh!

By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings

Angie @ Many Little Blessings — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:05:15 +0000

I was offended the only time I heard that joke before, but I heard it as Catholics at the punchline. I wasn't even Catholic then (though I am now, and anymore, Catholic teaching is not that nobody else would be there). Anyway -- I was offended because the person telling it also was not Catholic, and it was someone who just generally didn't say those kinds of things. So, the whole thing struck me in the wrong way. (I actually still think about it from time to time, just because it was so unexpected.) So, is it wrong that I liked hearing that this joke has gone around and around and there are lots of different people that were the punchline? Angie @ Many Little Blessingss last blog post..Being Expensive Doesn't Make Toys Better

By: Anissa@Hope4Peyton

Anissa@Hope4Peyton — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:49:28 +0000

You're definitely not talking to the person who initiated the whole dead-kitten-chinese-restaurant debate of LA09 are you? Or the one who totally forgot you were Mormon when offering to go Big Love with you. Or...and I think we get the point. Anissa@Hope4Peytons last blog post..Rice and Buttons

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:53:24 +0000

I found it overly hilarious. Kimmies last blog post..Why Blogging is the Bomb

By: Jolene

Jolene — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:20:55 +0000

Hysterical. I'm mormon, wouldn't care who I heard it from. Also funny cuz I think we're the only church of the previously mentioned who really thinks we're all ending up somewhere up there. And now I've just probably made myself a target for some hate mail. Jolenes last blog post..Differences

By: Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas

Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:36:19 +0000

Funny? Yep. Regardless of who's in the punchline. Fear and Parenting in Las Vegass last blog post..Dear Boo

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:19:05 +0000

i'm jewish. but i have to tell you...maybe it's me but... i don't get it. but maybe that's good that i don't, huh?! melissas last blog post..Sharing A Room

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:02:21 +0000

I've heard that one with the Catholics being the only ones in heaven and found it funny...I think as long as the person telling the joke is part of the group being poked fun at, well, then, it should be taken as funny. Michelles last blog post..I Pledge to Tell the Whole Truth...

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:04:53 +0000

I’m Mormon and I tell that joke ALL the time. It is in my top 5.
Now if my Catholic husband decided to tell it…well, not so funny.

By: Reese

Reese — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:49:33 +0000

I think it's hilarious! I think that it's even more funny that YOU think it's funny. Reeses last blog post..Best Friends! Day Two