After catching comedian Dave Cook on Comedy Central Presents courtesy of Ares, it kinda made me wonder where you draw the line.

Dave Cook’s main skit revolves around the Mass, particularly the Sign of Peace and Holy Communion (naturally). The irony, of course, is that I found it absolutely hilarious. I mean, sure he was making fun of something I take seriously, but heck, why be serious about anything at all? After all, if God didn’t have a sense of humour, neither would we.

That being said, however, it does make you think about just how much humour should play a part in a situation. Dirty jokes are the norm, of course. No matter how many jokes you hear about sex, there just seems to be more. Other jokes about race, gender and the above-mentioned religion, however, strike me as being hardly appropriate sometimes.

Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m crazy about comedians who rely on race for their humour. I’m talking about people like Russell Peters, Pablo Francisco and Carlos Mencia, who even endorses it during his show on Comedy Central Presents. I’m just not so sure how to take it when I hear my 14 year old sunday school kids repeating the jokes. In fact, I once quoted Russell Peters on campus and as soon as the last bits of the joke left my lips, I realised I was in earshot of a bunch of Indian students. That incident really made me more self-concious about the jokes I make in public. What more the teens, many of whom already have such a warped view of society, morality and reality thanks to the company they keep? Will they assume “!Xobile” is a typical African name? Heck, even my Indonesian friend does the whole “Tak Sum Bong” schtick when she tries to speak Mandarin, which sounds so outta place because it’s probably a Cantonese name.

It’s like ordering “Kani Nabe” at Kushinbo.

Which, admittedly, I’ve never seen direcow or kakita pull off.