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Original Collector: Dani Roettoer
Title: Ethnic Jokes
Class: F220
Semester: Spring
Year: 1984
Prof: Prof. Dolby-Stahl
Q: “Why do Jewish people have big noses?”
A: “Air is free.”
Context: This joke was told by a 22 year old female named Debbie Reszel from Frankfort, IN. She was single and worked as a waitress along with being a student at I.U. She has a Polish background and is Catholic. The joke was told in the informant’s apartment here in Bloomington. The interviewer and the informant happen to be friends and roommates. As mentioned earlier, this particular joke uses the stereotype of Jews having large noses and being very tight with their money to create a humorous joke for everyone.