Re: That's not funny!

On 2025-06-23 4:15 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Student detained by school authorities for repeating Roald Dahl joke
(it's a silly pun), accused of racism. It's from Charlie and the Glass
Elevator. The book is in the school library.
 The boy was detained for several hours.
 Father asks how a student is supposed to know a joke is disapproved if
the student is quoting from school-owned materials.
 Do I need to say it happened in England? The school was in Kent.
However, I could see it happening here in America.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQCKS0G7RcY

Thanks for sharing this. I particularly liked seeing the interviewer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, in action. He's a former parliamentarian (defeated in the last election) who has always struck me as one of the smartest, wittiest, most articulate politicians I've ever seen. (We didn't see a lot of the witty side in this video.) I'm looking forward to him returning to parliament next time around in a senior role.
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Rhino