Warrigal
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- Location
- Sydney, Australia
This joke is perfectly PC
If you can take 'em, you're alloewed to tell 'em.
There's this 12-year-old lad from a migrant family sitting in an Australian classroom while the teacher talks about IQ levels. The boy raises his hand. "Sir, sir, I understand about IQ levels, but what does it mean to people? If I have an IQ of 140, what will it mean for me?"
"Well, lad, that's in the top 2% of brain power. You'd probably go on to University, have the choice which profession you'd opt for; doctor, lawyer, academic - all those fields would be open to you."
"I see. And if I had an IQ of120?"
"Maybe University. It's around this level that the good, solid middle-level managers and executives come."
"And an IQ of 100?"
"They're usually tradespeople, artisans, shopkeepers; productive members of society - and don't forget, the majority of people are around this level."
"And with an IQ of 80?"
The teacher exploded; "Why, boy, you'd be a moron a cretin. Doubt if you'd be able to tie your own shoe-laces!"
A look of illumination comes over the boy's face. "I see!", he said. "So that's why so many Australians wear thongs..........."
It's PC because I am an Aussie. "Well, lad, that's in the top 2% of brain power. You'd probably go on to University, have the choice which profession you'd opt for; doctor, lawyer, academic - all those fields would be open to you."
"I see. And if I had an IQ of120?"
"Maybe University. It's around this level that the good, solid middle-level managers and executives come."
"And an IQ of 100?"
"They're usually tradespeople, artisans, shopkeepers; productive members of society - and don't forget, the majority of people are around this level."
"And with an IQ of 80?"
The teacher exploded; "Why, boy, you'd be a moron a cretin. Doubt if you'd be able to tie your own shoe-laces!"
A look of illumination comes over the boy's face. "I see!", he said. "So that's why so many Australians wear thongs..........."
If you can take 'em, you're alloewed to tell 'em.
