He had deemed me safely American, someone with whom he could share his crude joke.
The stunned reaction to his crude joke became his pivotal career moment.
The 11th grader made a crude joke about the police officers in his Bronx high school — and an officer overheard.
Not only is the whole premise ludicrous, but it is every bit as sexist as the crude joke McCain notoriously told about Janet Reno, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
On last year's cruise to Alaska, the Nation contributor Christopher Hitchens made a crude joke about Princess Diana, prompting a women's caucus session.
On top of that, let's say he was also indiscreet in an e-mail message, making a crude joke to a client about a recent airline crash.
That attitude apparently sanctions the airing of Armstrong's crude joke, and, as we scale ESPN's highbrow mountain, cracks about Armstrong's remaining testicle.
She had bright-orange hair and wore thrift-store clothing, and toted a huge cup of coffee everywhere; once, at a public event, she made a crude joke about flatulence.
Her smile draws customers to the table, and once they are there she can gently tease a shy person into conversation or draw guffaws from an abrasive personality with a crude joke.
Perhaps the most publicity Mr. Janezich has received came when Jay Leno made him the subject of a crude joke after he crawled under a table to thank union supporters.
