... and is offered the job.
"But remember," says his boss, "At the BBC there are certain subjects that are taboo, please do not make jokes about religion, the Royal family, disability, race or sexual orientation. It's not just us being politically correct, we always get no end of grief when we broadcast that sort of thing."
"That's a long list," answers the comedian "How am I supposed to remember it?"
"Easy," says his boss "We've got a mnemonic: Oh my god! said the Queen, I do believe that one-armed nigger is a pouff!"
Somebody told me that joke decades ago and it's as true today as it was then.
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