Crude Joke at ESA

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan <timregan at m...>" 
<timregan at m...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Firstly, I didn't see Jack Dee's variation on "is that a gun in 
your 
> pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" joke – I've just read 
> about it here.
> 
> Secondly, from what I remember about being a teenage boy in the UK 
> Daniel will have got the joke, partly because teenage boys spend a 
> lot of time thinking about all things sexual and partly because 
> sexual innuendo is a commonplace form of humour in the UK.
> 
> Thirdly we are all talking of the joke as if it were at Daniel's 
> expense. I'm not sure likening someone's member to a broomstick is 
> at his expense – a broomstick is over four foot long! But it would 
> be embarrassing.
> 
> 
>    Cheers,
> 
> 
>   Dumbledad

Hey all,

Just catching up on the list as I've been buried in 27.5 inches 
(official at Logan airport)for the past day or so. Did everyone 
survive the snow?? 8-)

Anyway, Amy, so glad you pointed out the rudeness of the joke.  I 
thought the same thing when I read the transcript.  ESPECIALLY since 
I believe I saw pictures of Dan next to his mum, so his mother, I'm 
assuming, was present during this introduction.  How embarrassing is 
that for Dan??  I've got a 12 year old  (13, July 28), who can't 
stand to see his father and I hug, ("eeeewwwww" material), I can't 
imagine what it must have felt like to sit there and listen to a 
comment about your, er, "broomstick" while your *parents *are sitting 
next to you, and the object of this discussion, Ms. Heidi herself.

 I agree with Steve in that Dan truly shows that he was not shaken by 
this so-called-joke at all, even though he may have been terrified, 
furious, embarressed, or whatever emotion you can think of.  He 
certianly showed a lot more integrity and maturity than the 
announcer, and I hope everyone remebers that.

Anna  . . .(who is more and more impressed with Master Daniel every 
day)