While the "General Chat" forum is the most off-topic forum there is at IceInSpace, it's mainly a catch-all for astronomy type chatter that doesn't belong in the other sub-forums.
Yes, it's also used for off-topic chatter too, where we get to know each other more, but I don't want it to start being used for things like Jokes which in general start getting spammy, and have more likelihood to start offending people.
While I completely agree the original topic wasn't meant to offend anyone, and is no different than what you see in the newspaper or get sent via email from work colleagues or family who think you like chain mail, it inevitably ends up spammy or ends up with discussions about who was and wasn't offended.
I typed "Jokes Forum" into google, and found this:
http://www.jokesforum.com/
I'd suggest that that forum is a much better place to go to post and read jokes if that's your thing, where noone can then get offended here. They even categorise the jokes for you!
So I'm locking this thread, and would "prefer" that jokes like this are posted on jokesforum.com - as I don't want the General Chat forum to end up a place where everything thinks they can create new threads with a funny joke they just heard or just got sent.
Thanks for your understanding.
