Blog Assignment #60 by Kanae

Today’s topic is joke! I think that today’s topic is good because I like ethnic joke! Therefore I’m going to write about my favorite ethnic joke. This joke is long. I exceeded 200 words, I’m sorry.
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On a luxury cruise ship, every nationality in the world is represented on board. But suddenly the ship springs a leak and begins to sink. Sadly, there aren’t enough boats for everyone. The women and children have filled up all the boats, and the ship’s captain needs to persuade the men to jump into the sea. What does the captain say to each guy to make him jump?

To the American… “If you jump, you’ll be a hero!” (cue superman pose, and big splash)
To the Russian… “All the vodka was washed overboard, I can see the bottles floating past… if you’re quick you can grab it.” (glug glug glug)
To the Italian… “See that beautiful woman with the luxuriant underarm hair swimming past? You can really make a splash and impress her.”
To the French… “Please do NOT jump into the water.” Yep. Nice reverse psychology.
To the English… “At a time like this, a true gentleman would jump.”
To the German… “According to the regulations, all the men must jump into the sea.”
To the Chinese… “Check out that juicy, delicious-looking fish over there. And the yummy fins on that shark.”
To the Japanese… “Everyone else has already jumped.”
To the South Korean… “The Japanese guy has already jumped.”
To the North Korean… “This is your chance to defect!”
To the guy from Kansai… “The Hanshin Tigers won!!!”
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This joke is very famous, so I think that there are many people knowing. This ethnic joke expresses national traits well. That’s exactly what the Japanese do. The Japanese does actions same as other people, because the Japanese respect other people, I think. That has good and bad points. So it's very interesting!!