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Originally posted by dtb
You are right that they are straight, white and conservative -- to a one; however, I've got to say the jokes and funnin' do not tend to be about gays or minorities. They tend to make fun of each other (e.g., this guy's bald, the other guy's hair looks like Donald Trump's, that guy is a bad dresser, this other one can't bench his own weight, blah blah blah). A few times (maybe?), I've heard references to "that is so gay" in a derogatory way, but that's about as bad as it gets (in front of me, anyway).

In fact, it sort of surprised me (the dearth of homophobic jokes). For a while, I thought this one guy on the desk was gay, and that's why the other guys sort of kept a lid on it. But then I found out the guy's married (to a woman), so that wasn't it.

Some examples of yesterday's joking:

Someone asked the others to guess what was the largest litter of puppies ever whelped. There was a lot of shouting about what the number was. When someone got the answer (I think it was 23 or something), someone said, "Wow, that poor dog." The desk wag said, "Yeah, she must have been a real bitch." (Ba-dum-bum tsssss.)

Also, a bald and not-bald guy got into a mock argument about baldness (or something equally relevant). Someone else asked, "What's going on here?" and the bald guy responded, "George and I broke up."

Later there was much merriment when the guys were shouting out of silly names and silly book titles/authors (e.g. Phil McCrevice and "Under the Bleachers" by Seymour Butts). It's very third-grade stuff.

The Man Show really went downhill after Kimmel and Carolla left.