A young American ventriloquist was touring Scandinavia and stopped to perform in a small Swedish town. With his dummy on his knee, he launched into his usual round of “dumb blonde” jokes.

Suddenly, a blonde woman in the fourth row stood up on her chair and shouted,

“Hey, Mr. American! I’ve heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes! What makes you think you can come to our country and stereotype Swedish blonde women in such a derogatory way?

What does the color of a woman’s hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It’s chauvinistic men like you who keep women from being respected at work and in the community, and from reaching their full potential! It’s people like you who make others think all blondes are dumb — all in the name of humor!”

The ventriloquist, red-faced and embarrassed, began to apologize.

But the woman wasn’t finished. She cut him off and shouted,

“You stay out of this! I’m talking to that little fella on your lap!”