there was a review of a Republican freshman from Texas who had the GoP crowd roaring with laughter at his witticism.
“The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly' meaning 'many'," he said, "and the word 'ticks' meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.”
Ha ha. Good one. Ticks - I get it. Politicians are a bunch of blood-sucking parasites. Yay. Government is stoopid. Lower taxes. Defund public education etc. So fluent and original and pithy. Sums up the whole problem with Washington in a single joke.
Such folks as this candidate should govern the people. Impressive that he could perform his speech without notes and produce such zingers off the cuff. Latino too. Look for him to rise higher in the party.
Oh wait. It's not his line. He got it from someone else. https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic/rec.humor.funny/daLbyMOMXbE
Ha ha. Good one. Borrowed joke. Memorised and inserted into speech without attribution. Hey, everyone does it. It's only dissimulation. Ha ha.
Oh wait. Not only is the joke unoriginal. It also makes no sense. The word politics is not derived from the word 'poly'. It comes from the word 'polis', meaning city. Different word altogether.
Given time to learn and incorporate the joke, the candidate never noticed its flaw.
So the joke actually demonstrates something quite different. It shows the candidate's lack of originality, his lack of attribution and - of course - his ignorance. And sadly also the limitations of his audience and his party.
Derivative ideas that make no sense.
Ha ha. Good one.
Irony was playing a joke on him.
I like that.
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