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It Started as a joke...


What is the first joke that comes into your mind? Do you have a favorite joke? Did you ever think about the fact that some jokes that we find amusing might be offensive to others? In this story, complications started with a joke. 

My story dates back to primary school. I'm sure many people have similar memories from this age. We had a group of four or five people, we used to tease each other, poke fun, joke... I was raised in a way that I never cared where someone came from, I only looked at what person one was.

One day I heard a really funny joke and the next day I thought I would tell it in class as soon as I arrived at school. And so I did! I could barely help laughing before I started telling the joke.

The Gypsy is about to be hanged.
The hangman is asking him: "What is your last wish, Gypsy?"
The Gypsy says: "I'd love to eat some raspberries."
Hangman: "Are you crazy, Gypsy? It's wintertime!"
Gypsy: "Well, I could wait."

Everyone started to laugh, me and my friends too. There was Géza and my homeroom teacher in the room, too. Ms. Ildikó called me to talk in private and scolded me: "It is not okay to tell a joke like this. Géza heard it too, you might have offended him." I didn't really understand what was so offensive in this joke, I just wanted to make my mates laugh. I never thought that Géza might get hurt, we have never talked about him being Gypsy before. No one cared about it, I didn't care either.

But I didn't want to hurt him, so I asked him to talk in private and I apologized. I explained that I had no bad intentions and I hoped that we could stay friends. He forgave me and it had no further consequences. As a child I didn't realize what a terrible situation I could create for others with a joke. Now that I am an adult, I try to raise my children to be accepting and open-minded people.


The participants presented a scene in the frame of the Roma Heroes workshop run by Independent Theatre in Dunaföldvár.
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