funny or not
2006-09-08 11:50:24 · 43 answers · asked by wave 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Yes there were even jokes about princess diana's death, then mother teressa shortly after and yes there might have been a few for 9/11. I know someone who heard a joke of steves death the same day.
2006-09-08 12:00:30 · update #1
While I haven't heard any actual "joke" jokes (anecdotes, knock-knocks, "Whaddya get"s), I have heard a few one-liners and random references. Some were funny in context, some were not.
All were off-color and lacked taste; which made the funny ones funnier and the droll ones, well, dumber.
I find it hard to get too morose at the death of somone I only knew from the other side of a television screen. Yes, he is culturally significant, but his work -- and therefore his passing --didn't affect me the way that, say, Buck Owens' or Johnny Cash's did.
The irony -- which is the well from which all humor is drawn -- is that Mr. Irwin was killed by that which he helped to preserve. For some, it is too soon to employ man's oldest defense against grief; the closer you were to Mr. Irwin when he lived, the longer it will take -- I imagine for his wife and father it will take a lifetime.
But for many others, the first defense is also the last: lacking any other way to express and relieve grief, they turn to jokes.
2006-09-08 12:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by hogan.enterprises 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I have not heard any jokes, but you know how people are. It is a wonder some of the late night comics haven't started. They could have, I just did not get to watch. Funny? I don't think so. I know that some people's way of dealing with tradgey is inappropriate laughter and I guess as long as it does not step over someone else's boundaries it is okay. He was a great guy and I really am sorry for his death.
2006-09-08 11:59:15 · answer #2 · answered by jorettah2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hilarious! Please, keep them coming. I liked the guy and his show but whenever something unfortunate and out of the ordinary happens like that, people are gonna make light of it one way or another. There was an Answerer on here the other day who cut Steve's face and pasted it to a stingray's body. They asked all sorts of sick questions that had me in tears, laughing of course. Hell, if I die in a "sick" manner, like a slip and fall and hit my head on the toilet and die type way, my friends and family will laugh too. I don't care, that's just life. Go ahead, give my answer a thumbs down, I know some of you all will. Obviously, the asker thinks the jokes are funny also, he just wanted to see if anyone else would laugh with him and he, unlike many of us, has a conscious that's bothering him about finding these jokes funny. Crikey, It's Steveray and Crikey, It's Steveray Again made some really, really funny jokes about Steve.
2006-09-08 11:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by duvaldiva.com 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To be honest - you have to be an Australian to truly appreciate these sorts of jokes.
Yes, they are in bad taste, but for we Aussies, a joke is the way we often cope with something that has deeply moved us.
Steve was a typical Aussie bloke - and you can bet he'd be there at the front laughing at the jokes.
After all, he loved to celebrate life in all it's forms. It's only natural, that we want to celebrate his and to remember the good times.
And that's probably why Aussies make these jokes. To remember that even in it's bad times, there is something to celebrate.
2006-09-08 12:17:52 · answer #4 · answered by madilayn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't but if they're funny I'd probably laugh, I don't know why it has to be such a big deal, people die all the time, if people made jokes about my death it would be alright, better laughing than crying at my funeral
2006-09-08 19:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are funny and some are really idiotic, i think people make jokes as a way of dealing with their personal sadness, there not comfortable showing a so called weak emotion......WHATEVER.....I thought he was exellent and soooo funny i cant believe the way he died.....of all the things....he is probly having a good laugh at him self tho....
he was a lunatic
2006-09-08 12:02:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they are vile, what is wrong with these idiots who make these 'jokes' up - they should have some respect! Someone told me a Steve Irwin 'joke' in the afternoon of the day he died. Needless to say I told them exactly what I thought about it! R.I.P. Steve
2006-09-09 05:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by emZie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's true that there is humour in everything in life. But, I do believe there is a time when what may be funny later isn't funny right now and comes accross as sick. Let the poor man's family bury him and mourn first you callous b*stards who are cracking the jokes already.
2006-09-08 11:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have not heard any but I think it would be sick. The poor man is dead. Although his activities made it quite likely he would not live to make old bones, even so his death, especially leaving a wife and young children, is very sad and most regrettable, and I was very sorry to hear of it.
2006-09-09 21:16:59 · answer #9 · answered by Specsy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not in good taste and totally disrespectful. There's a saying you should never speak ill of the dead. What's worse is the people who send the stuff around probably even enjoyed watching his show
2006-09-08 12:06:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋