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Subject: Re: That's not funny!
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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.

-- 
Rhino