I am a union "elevator operator" at construction site in SF CA most the jokes I hear are not politically correct. If anyone has new ones pass them along
> > > In the UK, a "lift" is both an elevator and passage in a car. It depends on the context.
> >
> > Although, for some reason, it really makes me laugh to think of someone stopping their car to offer someone on the street an elevator.
>
> Elevator jokes are a whole catagory. They probably out-number elephant jokes. This one goes back to the 1930's:
>
> Man to elevator operator: "How do you like your job?"
> Elevator operator: "Oh, it has it's up's and downs."
>
> You would know it was an old joke. Elevators don't have operators anymore.
>
> Howard