They asked if I could drive a truck

[Devil Soul]

They asked if I could drive a truck
AFP | | (4 hours ago) Today
OTTAWA: The lieutenant-governor of Canada’s Newfoundland province, former cabinet minister John Crosbie, came under fire on Thursday for wisecracking about Pakistani suicide bombers and other matters.

Crosbie at the swearing-in of a new provincial cabinet last Friday had recounted an American friend’s tale about the current US economic woes that earned him rebukes from a student association and the premier of Newfoundland.

“This fellow said, ‘I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, social security, retirement funds, etcetera, I called a suicide hotline and got a call centre in Pakistan. When I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck’,” Crosbie quipped.

The representative of Queen Elizabeth II for the eastern province also joked that the US economy was so bad that “ExxonMobil apparently laid off 25 congressmen,” and that “a truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico”.

Wasiq Waqar, president of the Pakistani Students’ Association at Memorial University in Saint John’s, Newfoundland, told a local newspaper the joke was “shocking” and “insensitive”, and “it embeds prejudice”. “The premier of the province also issued a statement saying the comments were “inappropriate”.

Crosbie, 80, vowed to the daily Globe and Mail to be “more circumspect and more boring” in future speeches.

 

[Jango]

What a facking disgrace this guy.

This is the image that is being portrayed to the world about Pakistan. Really sad to hear.

 

[livingdead]

What a facking disgrace this guy.

This is the image that is being portrayed to the world about Pakistan. Really sad to hear.

You failed to realize he was taking a dig at america all along. If not pakistan, he would have compared with africa. You have every right to feel insulted though.

 

[VCheng]

That is an old joke from late night TV, and has been told for years in various forms.

 

[Jango]

You failed to realize he was taking a dig at america all along. If not pakistan, he would have compared with africa. You have every right to feel insulted though.

how was he taking a dig at US, by saying the suicide call line opened up in Pakistan.?

 

[fd24]

That is an old joke from late night TV, and has been told for years in various forms.

Aaaaaaaaah. Thanks VC - That makes it ok? We live in a sensitive world at the mo and all persons with responsibility should be careful in presenting jokes so as not to offend any parties.

 

[karan.1970]

Pretty Sad from a Pakistani perspective.. But looking at it objectively, kind of witty...

 

[VCheng]

Aaaaaaaaah. Thanks VC - That makes it ok? We live in a sensitive world at the mo and all persons with responsibility should be careful in presenting jokes so as not to offend any parties.

Good point, but we should also not be so quick to take offense and appreciate humor as well.

=============================================================

Q: What did the instructor say to his class in Al-Qaeda training camp?

A: "Watch this closely, I am only going to show this once!" - BOOM!

 

[Roybot]

When you are 80 you don't really care about being politically correct. I know I wont, when i reach 80

 

[longbrained]

This is not the job of a student to protest rather this matter had to be raised by Pakistani embassy there.

 

[OrionHunter]

That is an old joke from late night TV, and has been told for years in various forms.

Spot on! This joke is as old as the Himalayas. It's got pretty tiring hearing this over and over again. They seem to be running out of jokes and recycling the old ones! Jeeez!

Here's one that's not so old....

Pakistan bans facebook, twitter instead of terrorist outfits!