Why Italians Can't Be Paramedics

[fabsroman]

Vinny and Sal are out in the woods hunting when suddenly Sal grabs his chest and falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing; his eyes are rolled back in his head.


Vinny whips out his cell phone and calls 911. He gasps to the operator, I think Sal is dead! What should I do?"

The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, "Just take it easy and follow my instructions. First, let's make sure he's dead."


There is a silence, and then a shot is heard.

Vinny's voice comes back on the line, "Okay... now what?"

[gspsonny03]

Now Fabs, this wouldn't be considered stereotyping, would it.;)

[fabsroman]

Just in case anybody else on here is Italian, I'm Italian too (i.e., Fabrizio Roman). You know how that is, you can always tell a joke that cuts on you specifically, and yes, this joke is stereotyping, but aren't most, like all the attorney/lawyer jokes.

[gspsonny03]

Just giving you a bad time. Yes I knew you were Italian. Just didn't see much difference with this joke and a Lawyer joke. I guess it's all how you perceive them. If you have a thick skin, I guess they don't bother you and Lord knows you put up with a lot from us, but if we didn't feel something for you, we'd just ignore you.

[BILLY D.]

and if you tie an italians hands together he now has a speech impediment.

[fabsroman]

That is pretty funny Billy. We were just talking about that last night. It seems as though a friend of my sister uses her hands a lot while talking, and my sister was commenting on it. We all decided that it was kind of weird because the girl isn't Italian.

Just for the record, I don't get worked up with the attorney jokes until Val starts posting them. LOL

How can you tell when an Italian is drowning?

You see an oil slick on top of the water.

Heard that one when I was 13 and thought it was pretty clever.