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Racist joke...

Fromthetrees · 2012-01-08 21:49:15

While being interviewed for a job, the personnel manager said to the Maguire brothers: 'We're going to give you a written examination. Ten questions. Whoever gets most right we'll hire.' Papers were produced and the boys set to work answering the general knowledge questions. When the time was up the personnel manager…

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While being interviewed for a job, the personnel manager said to the Maguire brothers:

'We're going to give you a written examination. Ten questions. Whoever gets most right we'll hire.'

Papers were produced and the boys set to work answering the general knowledge questions. When the time was up the personnel manager collected and marked the papers.

'Well,' said he, 'you've both got nine out of ten, but I'm giving Mick the job.'

'Why's that?' asked Paddy.

'Well,' said the manager, 'you both got the same question wrong but he had,

'I don't know this' and you had 'Neither do I!'.

please don't ban me...

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#2 08-01-2012 9:51pm

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^.^ I don't get it

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#3 08-01-2012 9:51pm

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Either I missed the joke or you're using the term 'racist' very loosely :pac:

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#4 08-01-2012 9:51pm

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Fromthetrees wrote: »

While being interviewed for a job, the personnel manager said to the Maguire brothers:

'We're going to give you a written examination. Ten questions. Whoever gets most right we'll hire.'

Papers were produced and the boys set to work answering the general knowledge questions. When the time was up the personnel manager collected and marked the papers.

'Well,' said he, 'you've both got nine out of ten, but I'm giving Mick the job.'

'Why's that?' asked Paddy.

'Well,' said the manager, 'you both got the same question wrong but he had,

'I don't know this' and you had 'Neither do I!'.

please don't ban me...

I don't get it

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#5 08-01-2012 9:51pm

chin_grin

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How is this racist?

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#6 08-01-2012 9:52pm

Ghandee

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Ghandee wrote: »

I don't get it

neither do I?

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#7 08-01-2012 9:54pm

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1 - thats not racist.

2 - Jokes go here

3 - Only funny jokes go there.

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