If you are Italian and find it difficult to laugh at yourself or if you have become angry, there is one way to have a laugh and lessen your anger. Follow these instructions carefully:
Every time you see the word Italian (or any slang meaning same) substitute one of the following words:
Jewish, Irish, Chinese, German, British, Icelandic, Brazilian, Canadian, Filipino, Hungarian, Egyptian, Russian, Australian, Norwegian, African, Korean, Gypsy, Afghanistanian, etc. See how easy it is to be funny!
The Official Italian Joke Book, by Larry Wilde. The latest e-book release in The Larry Wilde Joke Book Series by Laugh.com!
Surely, other ethnic groups feel somewhat as strongly about where they or their ancestors were born, it is just that Italians seem to make a bigger fuss than other groups do over their origins.
That fierce pride can best be seen in this pointed exchange:
If I wasn’t Italian, know what I'd rather be?
“What?”
Dead!
Collected and compiled by Larry Wilde, author of over 50 joke books that have sold more than twelve million copies. See why The New York Times has dubbed him; “America’s Best Selling Humorist”.
