There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
front of him is a woman.
She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
a carton of eggs,
3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
one apple.
The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
On Feb 3, 12:25=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Why don't YOU tell us a joke, and let's see if *I* can go waaay out of
> > my way and try to make a big deal out of it?
> > Go ahead! You have been challenged.
> > Tell us a joke that is 100% bulletproof to some schmuck who wants to
> > be an asshole enough to take issue with the premise... Go for it.. I
> > am waiting...
>
> Oh dear, your feelings seem to be hurt, poor thing.
So you don't know any jokes... and that's okay.
On Feb 2, 1:40=A0am, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
> >> Robatoy wrote:
> >>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> >>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"<=
[email protected]> =A0 =A0wrote:
>
> >>>>> DGDevin wrote:
> >>>>>> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:[email protected]=
om...
>
> >>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>>>>>> yourself."
>
> >>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =
=A0But
> >>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile=
.
>
> >>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,=
but if
> >>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? =A0You are sugge=
sting that
> >>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it=
comes
> >>>> >from her. =A0And your point is?
>
> >>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of som=
eone for
> >>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we wer=
e born
> >>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone=
's skin
> >>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jer=
ks because
> >>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --=
and
> >>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
> >>> Some people will always find something negative about anything... the=
y
> >>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>
> >> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
> >> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>
> >> Bill
>
> > How so, Billy?
>
> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
Oh, come on... give it a shot. Of the few problems *I* do have, self
esteem isn't one of them.
On Feb 1, 6:55=A0pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> This was an old joke! =A0OP did not really hear that at the store.
No shit, Sherlock?
On Feb 1, 5:21=A0pm, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> > > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > > front of him is a woman.
>
> > > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, hal=
f
> > > a carton of eggs,
>
> > > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > > one apple.
>
> > > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> > "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yoursel=
f."
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> *****************
>
> Good one Rob
> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct asshole=
s
> who try to stop anyone having any enjoyment in life
> whether it be through a joke, or even living in your own home, or,
> changing a joke so that it suits them.
> Maybe this "Bill" is either a single ugly woman
> or if he is a male
> then he would be married to a butt-ugly woman and is trying to make excus=
es
> for living with it
I guess to some, everybody is beautiful.
"You're fat!"
"..it hurts my feelings when you call me fat..."
"Well then, put down that box of donuts and let's talk about this..."
On Feb 2, 12:30=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:30454602-1038-4f7b-b349-98599466ec28@s18g2000vbe.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0But=
I
> >> can
> >> always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
> > Now THAT is sooo kneeslappingggg...awful... "I can always put on make-
> > up, yes but tomorrow I'll be sober....come ON, that line is as dead as
> > your sense of humour.
>
> Someone with a sense of humor that relies on pointless derision of a pers=
on
> for their appearance (rather than their character) is in no position to
> lecture anyone else on what is or isn't funny. =A0What's next, you gonna =
tell
> a joke about laughing at someone in a wheelchair?
One night, I was having a few pints in The Jolly Miller (Hog's Hollow,
Toronto) and struck up a conversation with a guy on a barstool next to
me. We talked about cars, sports, weather...and scotch.
At one point, I looked over to say something to him and he had fallen
off his barstool.
He was mumbling and I tried to help him up. But every time, when I
thought I had him back on his feet, he fell down again.
Finally, I told Stu, the bartender to call the guy a cab. I carried
him downstairs to the sidewalk and when the cab showed up, I had to
look in the guys wallet to get his address... I figured, I'll go with
him, and drop him off... it wasn't very far.
When I dragged him to the front porch, I rang the doorbell and his
wife opened the door.
She took one look at her hubby, and thanked me for dropping him off;
taking care of him.
She wanted to pay me for the cab, something I refused.
As I walked off the porch, she asked: "where did you leave his
wheelchair?"
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 3, 12:22 pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>
>> news:24158d5c-3fa8-4415-912d-ca90e25222bb@r21g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> She wanted to pay me for the cab, something I refused.
>>> As I walked off the porch, she asked: "where did you leave his
>>> wheelchair?"
>>
>> And then you said, "Hey, you don't sweat much for a fat broad." Haw!
>> It's a damn shame Ed Sullivan is off the air, you'd have been a star
>> for sure.
>
> That is rude and offensive. And not funny.
Yeah - what he said. We don't joke about fat broads here - just ugly
ones...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Robatoy wrote:
>
> Gawd... I express a couple of conservative views and now I'm trying to
> crawl under Palin's skirt?
Post what ya find under there. Moose hide? Other?
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 3, 1:01 pm, "Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Don't you get it?
>>
>> A racial or slurring joke is not about the mentioned people, it is
>> about the funny concept the observers have.
>>
>> You are being trolled by some of the worst ones here and it leads to
>> no production. Use your killfilters. It's much nicer.
>>
> Did I make it to HoseHappy's kill filter??? *HAPPY DANCE*
To borrow from another newsgroup - we need to open the Kill File Bar and
Grill. Exclusive membership. New members have to buy a round for the crew
already on board. All newcomers welcomed...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 3, 3:06=A0am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >> front of him is a woman.
>
> >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> >> a carton of eggs,
>
> >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> >> one apple.
>
> >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>
> Concur!
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/Why_So_Serious.jpg
On Feb 1, 5:40=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >> yourself."
> > You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0But I =
can
> always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
Now THAT is sooo kneeslappingggg...awful... "I can always put on make-
up, yes but tomorrow I'll be sober....come ON, that line is as dead as
your sense of humour.
On Feb 4, 11:31=A0am, Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:01:39 -0500, Bill wrote:
> > =A0What are you on about, Rob is in Canada, George is in Australia. Tha=
t
> > =A0is
> >> a lot of frequent flier miles.
>
> > If you say so. I thought Australian's had better manners.
>
> Rob usually does too - must not like folks who don't laugh at his
> jokes :-).
>
> --
> Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
Truth be known, I don't really care who finds my jokes funny, there
are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass sour
puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
problems. We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
and "don't you call ME Wood-eye.." <G>
On Feb 1, 10:43=A0pm, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Doug Miller wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> DGDevin wrote:
> >>> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
> >>>news:[email protected].=
..
>
> >>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>>> yourself."
>
> >>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >>> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0Bu=
t
> >>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
> >> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
> >> but if it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? =A0You are
> >> suggesting that the very same kind of punch line would be
> >> acceptable, as long as it comes from her. =A0And your point is?
>
> > I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
> > someone for
> > being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
> > born
> > with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
> > someone's skin
> > color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
> > jerks because
> > they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
> > and
> > making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
> I completely agree with that but - Doug - it was a joke. =A0Not a real wo=
rld
> experience. =A0A joke like that has much more of a punch line than the
> obvious, but one of those punch lines is the build up that leads the read=
er
> to believe something - that concludes in a completely different manner.
> A... paraprosdokian.
>
Yup, that's the technique. I didn't know what it was called, and it
was nothing personal. I should have called the woman grumpy, rather
than ugly.
On 2/1/2011 4:21 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> "Robatoy"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>>> front of him is a woman.
>>
>>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>>> a carton of eggs,
>>
>>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>>> one apple.
>>
>>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>
>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>
>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> *****************
>
> Good one Rob
> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct assholes
> who try to stop anyone having any enjoyment in life
> whether it be through a joke, or even living in your own home, or,
> changing a joke so that it suits them.
> Maybe this "Bill" is either a single ugly woman
> or if he is a male
> then he would be married to a butt-ugly woman and is trying to make excuses
> for living with it
>
>
Or Maybe, it's just a joke and it's hifuckinglarrious!
--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email
On 2/1/2011 6:10 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 1, 7:45 pm, Larry Blanchard<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:21:25 +1100, George W Frost wrote:
>>> Good one Rob
>>> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct
>>> assholes
>>
>> Nothing irritates me more than someone who can't express himself without
>> profanity.
>>
>> And "politically correct" has nothing to do with it - it was a lousy joke.
>>
> Allow me to put this in perspective... YOU didn't like it...
> That either tells us something about the joke, or about you.
>
> Now tell us one that YOU think is hilarious.
>
Jumping in where I wasn't invited ...
A guy lost an eye in an accident. He became a recluse out of
self-consciousness. A friend persuaded him to get an artificial eye,
and with reluctance to agreed to go to a dance.
Upon arrival he stood in the shadow by a wall. After a while he saw a
lady sitting alone. Looking closer, he saw the reason she wasn't
dancing - she had an artificial leg.
He thought to himself, "Well, maybe she'd dance with me." Screwing up
his courage, he walked over and asked if she would like to dance.
She looked up at him with a big smile, and said, "Would I! Would I!"
So he pointed back at her and said, "Peg leg! Peg leg!"
On 2/2/2011 7:18 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>
> And yet, when the 'jokes' centre around muslims, arabs, iraqis many
> laugh and laugh.
> Somewhere the hypocritics [sic] have drawn a line as what THEY think
> is funny. Now using Miller's standard, a person is born into a muslim
> family, knows nothing else and everybody laughs when "they blow up so
> fast".
>
> Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
> evil."
>
> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
> says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>
> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
> professional working man (bartender).
I wanna play.
They aren't towelheads. Those aren't towels, they're little sheets.
On 2/2/2011 12:23 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:18:52 -0800, Robatoy wrote:
>
>>
>> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender says:
>> "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>>
>> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
>> professional working man (bartender).
>
> But that one *is* funny.
>
Politically correct version:
Three individuals of unstated ethnicity and gender enter a retail
establishment. The customer service representative inquired of them if
their presence evoked humor.
It's the same joke. PC sucks the humor right out of it.
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:17:19 +1100, "George W Frost"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>On Feb 2, 8:05 am, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't. If I were behind the guy, I would have punched him,
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>
>Oooooo tough guy... punching people in fictitious fables...
>
>**************************
>
>
>Oooo That would hurt, getting punched in the fables
>But, he also claims heroically, that he would normally attack someone from
>behind
>REAL hero !!
>
{GASP} Please tell me that violence is politically correct!!! My
wife's brother-in-law needs a good shit kicking.
P
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>>> Good one Rob
>>> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct
>>> assholes
>>
>>Nothing irritates me more than someone who can't express himself without
>>profanity.
>>
>>And "politically correct" has nothing to do with it - it was a lousy joke.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Besides "political correctness" doesn't really exist. It's a made-up
>concept that postulates that you can "pick up a turd by the clean
>end".
>
>-Zz
I like this last response. Can I use it?
____________
A woman walks into a bar, sees an old guy sitting it the corner. She
walks up to him and asks, "Are you a cowboy?"
He replies, "Yes ma'am, I shore am."
"Well I'm a lesbian" she says, "I like women, I want to hug them and
hold them and kiss them and make love to them all nite long". She
turns around and leaves.
A young fellow walks into the bar, sees the old guy and walks up to
him and asks, "Are you a cowboy?"
The old guy looks up and says, "I used to be, but I just found out I'm
a lesbian".
_____________
When I first heard this joke, I decided that I was a lesbian and proud
of it.
Now, I'd be very pleased if the politically correct assholes and joke
police decided to be upset so we can start a new round of whining.
I await!
P
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Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 2, 6:15 pm, "Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> When I was younger, walking through a plaza parking lot, I saw a
>> beatiful blonde chic sitting in a car, obviously waiting for
>> somebody with the window open. I couldn't resist this one so I
>> struck up a conversation and easily got a date, for that night with
>> her.
>>
> Right there... the suspension of disbelief fails.
For me, the suspension occurred at the punch line.
DGDevin wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote in message
> news:24158d5c-3fa8-4415-912d-ca90e25222bb@r21g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>> She wanted to pay me for the cab, something I refused.
>> As I walked off the porch, she asked: "where did you leave his
>> wheelchair?"
>
> And then you said, "Hey, you don't sweat much for a fat broad." Haw!
> It's a damn shame Ed Sullivan is off the air, you'd have been a star
> for sure.
Yeahbut - he didn't call her ugly...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 2, 2:46=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > Oh, come on... give it a shot. Of the few problems *I* do have, self
> > esteem isn't one of them.
>
> Parole violations?
Not bad... LOL
On Feb 3, 1:01=A0pm, "Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don't you get it?
>
> A racial or slurring joke is not about the mentioned people, it is about =
the
> funny concept the observers have.
>
> You are being trolled by some of the worst ones here and it leads to no
> production. Use your killfilters. It's much nicer.
>
Did I make it to HoseHappy's kill filter??? *HAPPY DANCE*
On Feb 3, 10:42=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Now, I'd be very pleased if the politically correct assholes and joke
> police decided to be upset so we can start a new round of whining.
>
There's nothing politically incorrect about the joke I posted. The
woman was ugly, giraffes have long necks and muslims are taught to
hate non-muslims. An average man can lift more weight than an average
woman. All facts.
Assholes are assholes, unless they're black or jewish in which case
calling them assholes is either racist or anti-semitic.
" You hate me because I am gay!!"....noooo I hate assholes.
None of this is particularly complicated... if you're head is on
straight.
FrozenNorth wrote:
> On 2/03/11 10:59 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>> " You hate me because I am gay!!"....noooo I hate assholes.
>>
> If you liked assholes, you would be gay :-)
Ruh-roh... methinks this thread is headed in a bad way...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 4, 12:54=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you think we should do with them? =A0Wooden stake up the arse?
>
> Bill
Please, DO try to keep you anal fixation to yourself. mmmk?
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:53 -0500, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>Robatoy wrote:
>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>> front of him is a woman.
>>
>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>> a carton of eggs,
>>
>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>> one apple.
>>
>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>
>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
>I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>"She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
Did you say "mean spirited", Bill? Y'mean Toy is now a fellow
Republican, like his buddy, Sarah Palin?
<nomex: ON>
--
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
-- J. K. Rowling
On Feb 4, 1:21=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:da0cc879-ea5f-45aa-8f26-af24690df63e@i40g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > You sound ugly.
>
> >> And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at abou=
t
> >> age
> >> twelve. =A0Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary tale.
> > Oh, come ON! That's it? You're calling twelve-year old people stupid?
> > Retarded?
>
> Nope, just you. =A0;~)
Oh wow! I'm hurt. (this sand-box level insult coming from a guy who
thinks that Sony MC cartridges sound good...LOL)
DGDevin wrote:
> "Mike Marlow" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>> That is rude and offensive. And not funny.
>
>> Yeah - what he said. We don't joke about fat broads here - just
>> ugly ones...
>
> Exactly, Robotboy's arbitrary rulings as to what is and isn't funny
> and/or offensive is based on who is telling the "joke"--he figures
> his jokes are by definition both funny and inoffensive because...,
> well just because. Some people never really leave grade-school.
I think you missed my humor...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 2, 8:05=A0am, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote the following:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Robatoy wrote:
>
> >>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >>> front of him is a woman.
>
> >>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, hal=
f
> >>> a carton of eggs,
>
> >>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> >>> one apple.
>
> >>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> >> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourse=
lf."
>
> > You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> I didn't. If I were behind the guy, I would have punched him,
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Oooooo tough guy... punching people in fictitious fables...
FrozenNorth wrote:
>>
> How about some disparaging remarks about pineywood?
> It is *ugly* to finish properly :-)
Stop it - we can't say the "u" word here anymore...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 3, 4:36=A0am, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:29cd755d-b98f-4d2e-a7eb-5dd9b287c02a@k30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 3, 3:06 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:[email protected]...
>
> > > Robatoy wrote:
> > >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > >> front of him is a woman.
>
> > >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, ha=
lf
> > >> a carton of eggs,
>
> > >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > >> one apple.
>
> > >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>
> > Concur!
>
> http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/Why_So_Serious.jpg
>
> Well, you wont get any smile out of him any more
Oh shit... did I make fun of a dead person again?
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> George W Frost wrote:
>> "Bill"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>> On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>>>>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike
>>>>>>> Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>>>>>> yourself."
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole.
>>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a
>>>>>>>>> smile.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
>>>>>>>> but if
>>>>>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
>>>>>>>> suggesting that
>>>>>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it
>>>>>>>> comes
>>>>>>> >from her. And your point is?
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
>>>>>>> someone for
>>>>>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> born
>>>>>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
>>>>>>> someone's
>>>>>>> skin
>>>>>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
>>>>>>> jerks
>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Some people will always find something negative about anything...
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>>>>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> How so, Billy?
>>>
>>> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>>>
>>
>> That answer is because you haven't got a reasonable answer, or you just
>> don't have the balls to reply
>> Gutless wonder.
>
> Nope, I'm too busy for you too.
>
Too busy huh ??
And all this from a wimp who replies from an anonymous address
On Feb 2, 12:37=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bill" =A0wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...
> >>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
> >>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>
> >>> Bill
>
> >> How so, Billy?
> > I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>
> Many years ago the head of the BBC was asked if a particular program migh=
t
> not offend some viewers (I think it was Monty Python) and he replied, the=
re
> are some people one would wish to offend.
>
> In this case, someone who thinks it's amusing to mock someone for their
> appearance is telling us more about himself than he realizes.
Why don't YOU tell us a joke, and let's see if *I* can go waaay out of
my way and try to make a big deal out of it?
Go ahead! You have been challenged.
Tell us a joke that is 100% bulletproof to some schmuck who wants to
be an asshole enough to take issue with the premise... Go for it.. I
am waiting...
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
>> On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike
>>>>> Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>>>> yourself."
>>>
>>>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>
>>>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>
>>>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>>
>>>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
>>>>>> but if
>>>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
>>>>>> suggesting that
>>>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it
>>>>>> comes
>>>>> >from her. And your point is?
>>>
>>>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
>>>>> someone for
>>>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
>>>>> born
>>>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's
>>>>> skin
>>>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks
>>>>> because
>>>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
>>>>> and
>>>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>>
>>>> Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
>>>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>>>
>>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
>> How so, Billy?
>
> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>
That answer is because you haven't got a reasonable answer, or you just
don't have the balls to reply
Gutless wonder.
In news:[email protected],
Mike Marlow <[email protected]> spewed forth:
> FrozenNorth wrote:
>
>>>
>> How about some disparaging remarks about pineywood?
>> It is *ugly* to finish properly :-)
>
> Stop it - we can't say the "u" word here anymore...
how bout fugly?
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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> She wanted to pay me for the cab, something I refused.
> As I walked off the porch, she asked: "where did you leave his
> wheelchair?"
And then you said, "Hey, you don't sweat much for a fat broad." Haw! It's
a damn shame Ed Sullivan is off the air, you'd have been a star for sure.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 3, 4:36 am, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:29cd755d-b98f-4d2e-a7eb-5dd9b287c02a@k30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 3, 3:06 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:[email protected]...
>
> > > Robatoy wrote:
> > >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > >> front of him is a woman.
>
> > >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk,
> > >> half
> > >> a carton of eggs,
>
> > >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > >> one apple.
>
> > >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>
> > Concur!
>
> http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/Why_So_Serious.jpg
>
> Well, you wont get any smile out of him any more
Oh shit... did I make fun of a dead person again?
********************
Only if Bill recognises it and puts in the ledger
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > front of him is a woman.
>
> > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> > a carton of eggs,
>
> > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > one apple.
>
> > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
You didn't crack a smile even?
*****************
Good one Rob
nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct assholes
who try to stop anyone having any enjoyment in life
whether it be through a joke, or even living in your own home, or,
changing a joke so that it suits them.
Maybe this "Bill" is either a single ugly woman
or if he is a male
then he would be married to a butt-ugly woman and is trying to make excuses
for living with it
"George W Frost" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sure is, we are all laughing
> but the thing is
> not with you,
> but at you !!
I can't think of two finer examples of people I would prefer not to be seen
agreeing with than you and Robotboy, so I happily accept your disapproval as
proof I'm on the right track.
"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>>
>>> Bill
>
>> How so, Billy?
> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
Many years ago the head of the BBC was asked if a particular program might
not offend some viewers (I think it was Monty Python) and he replied, there
are some people one would wish to offend.
In this case, someone who thinks it's amusing to mock someone for their
appearance is telling us more about himself than he realizes.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 3, 3:06 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >> front of him is a woman.
>
> >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> >> a carton of eggs,
>
> >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> >> one apple.
>
> >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>
> Concur!
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/Why_So_Serious.jpg
Well, you wont get any smile out of him any more
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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>> > You sound ugly.
>
>> And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at about
>> age
>> twelve. Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary tale.
> Oh, come ON! That's it? You're calling twelve-year old people stupid?
> Retarded?
Nope, just you. ;~)
Don't you get it?
A racial or slurring joke is not about the mentioned people, it is about the
funny concept the observers have.
You are being trolled by some of the worst ones here and it leads to no
production. Use your killfilters. It's much nicer.
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
No, you didn't, because you didn't pointlessly denigrate them, you didn't
tell a joke which made light of hostile stupidity, and most of all you
didn't tell a lame-ass joke that wasn't funny and then get all pissy when
people called you on it. If you want to do standup, get better material,
because you're bombing in this club for a reason.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Feb 2, 8:05 am, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote the following:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Robatoy wrote:
>
> >>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >>> front of him is a woman.
>
> >>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> >>> a carton of eggs,
>
> >>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> >>> one apple.
>
> >>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> >> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >> yourself."
>
> > You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> I didn't. If I were behind the guy, I would have punched him,
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Oooooo tough guy... punching people in fictitious fables...
**************************
Oooo That would hurt, getting punched in the fables
But, he also claims heroically, that he would normally attack someone from
behind
REAL hero !!
When I was younger, walking through a plaza parking lot, I saw a beatiful
blonde chic sitting in a car, obviously waiting for somebody with the window
open. I couldn't resist this one so I struck up a conversation and easily
got a date, for that night with her.
I picked her up at seven o'clock, as arranged, and much to my surprise, when
I got to the door, she was in a wheelchair, permanantly disabled, from an
accident. I didn't want to show any alarm so I figured I would just take her
for a quick burger and dump her home.
After the burger, on the way she home she instructed me to go down an old
dirt road, and stop by a large old tree by the side of the road...asked my
if I wanted some sex!!! Well !
She explained that if I lifted her up she could hold the lower branch and
have a good time with her, which..of course most males would titilate at.
I took her home and her father cornered me with a right out, blunt question
"Did you get a piece of ass?"
"GEEESH!!!!". I told him that was private but asked him why the invading
question.
"Well the last guy left her hanging in a tree!"
"Just Wondering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Jumping in where I wasn't invited ...
A guy lost an eye in an accident. He became a recluse out of
self-consciousness. A friend persuaded him to get an artificial eye,
and with reluctance to agreed to go to a dance.
Upon arrival he stood in the shadow by a wall. After a while he saw a
lady sitting alone. Looking closer, he saw the reason she wasn't
dancing - she had an artificial leg.
He thought to himself, "Well, maybe she'd dance with me." Screwing up
his courage, he walked over and asked if she would like to dance.
She looked up at him with a big smile, and said, "Would I! Would I!"
So he pointed back at her and said, "Peg leg! Peg leg!"
Bill wrote:
>
>
> I read that again, and got a couple more laughs out of it. What's the
> name of the book?
>
It's a contest run by the San Jose State University English Department. They
solicit the worst opening lines to a novel. No books, just the proposed
opening sentences.
Some of my favorites:
"The senator must have tied one on last night," said Sheriff Danglebooper,
"cause he was seen leaving the party about eleven and this morning his car
was found in the smokestack of a British destroyer in the Formosa Straits."
Crazy Arrow studied the signs as only a native to the Dakota Steppes could
do and, after several minutes of reflection, looked up to the lieutenant in
charge of the patrol and said: "Tracks still fresh, train go that-a-way!"
"Remember children, kitten in the left hand, skinning knife in the right."
The judges have published a couple of books containg these opening lines:
"It Was a Dark and Story Night" and "Son of Dark and Stormy Night."
Anyway, you can find hundreds of these submissions at the contest web site:
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> That is rude and offensive. And not funny.
> Yeah - what he said. We don't joke about fat broads here - just ugly
ones...
Exactly, Robotboy's arbitrary rulings as to what is and isn't funny and/or
offensive is based on who is telling the "joke"--he figures his jokes are by
definition both funny and inoffensive because..., well just because. Some
people never really leave grade-school.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> Hey, since when is juice slinger (bartender) a "professional"?
>
>> Since that is his profession.
>
> Oh good. Since I have full time job in slacking and a second job in food
> consumption, I can be considered a multi-faceted professional.
>
As long as you get paid for it.
Doug Miller wrote:
>>
> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
> someone for
> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
> born
> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
> someone's skin
> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
> jerks because
> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
> and
> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
You are absolutely right.
Still funny, though.
On Feb 3, 12:22=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:24158d5c-3fa8-4415-912d-ca90e25222bb@r21g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>
> > She wanted to pay me for the cab, something I refused.
> > As I walked off the porch, she asked: "where did you leave his
> > wheelchair?"
>
> And then you said, "Hey, you don't sweat much for a fat broad." =A0Haw! =
=A0It's
> a damn shame Ed Sullivan is off the air, you'd have been a star for sure.
That is rude and offensive. And not funny.
On Feb 3, 12:43=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:e7bcdbdb-0c6e-44ad-858c-8a8997441099@i39g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
> > evil."
>
> Simply bullshit. =A0He didn't say that, nobody said anything like that, t=
hat
> is a clumsy attempt at using a straw man to divert attention.
>
> > An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
> > says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
> > I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
> > professional working man (bartender).
>
> No, you didn't, because you didn't pointlessly denigrate them, you didn't
> tell a joke which made light of hostile stupidity, and most of all you
> didn't tell a lame-ass joke that wasn't funny and then get all pissy when
> people called you on it. =A0If you want to do standup, get better materia=
l,
> because you're bombing in this club for a reason.
*I* bomb in this club because you have no sense of humour.... I get it
now...
On Feb 4, 10:52=A0am, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> George Frost and Robatoy are the same poster.
> Too obvious. =A0Who woulda thunk it--LOL.
Because we both think you're a dork? I'm willing to bet there are a
few more in here who think you're reaction to a totally fictitious and
innocuous joke is just plain fucked-up.
But go on... keep punching air, you goofball!
On Feb 1, 2:59=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > front of him is a woman.
>
> > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> > a carton of eggs,
>
> > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > one apple.
>
> > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself.=
"
" Does this dress make my butt look big?
.
.
"Nooo.. it's your BUTT that makes that dress look big...."
On Feb 1, 9:18=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:04:30 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
>
>
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Feb 1, 6:33=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:53 -0500, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >Robatoy wrote:
> >> >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >> >> front of him is a woman.
>
> >> >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, h=
alf
> >> >> a carton of eggs,
>
> >> >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns an=
d
> >> >> one apple.
>
> >> >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >> >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >> >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> >> >I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >> >"She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yours=
elf."
>
> >> Did you say "mean spirited", Bill? =A0Y'mean Toy is now a fellow
> >> Republican, like his buddy, Sarah Palin?
>
> >> <nomex: ON>
>
> >Who'se trolling now, Jackko? LOL
>
> >Gawd... I express a couple of conservative views and now I'm trying to
> >crawl under Palin's skirt?
>
> I knew it! =A0Thanks for confessing. =A0It's good for the soul. (And othe=
r
> parts of the shoe, you heel.)
>
Well *I* don't toe the party line; I am too straight-laced for that.
Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> DGDevin wrote:
>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>> yourself."
>>>
>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>
>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>
>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>
>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
>> but if it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
>> suggesting that the very same kind of punch line would be
>> acceptable, as long as it comes from her. And your point is?
>>
> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
> someone for
> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
> born
> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
> someone's skin
> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
> jerks because
> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
> and
> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
I completely agree with that but - Doug - it was a joke. Not a real world
experience. A joke like that has much more of a punch line than the
obvious, but one of those punch lines is the build up that leads the reader
to believe something - that concludes in a completely different manner.
A... paraprosdokian.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 2, 6:15=A0pm, "Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I was younger, walking through a plaza parking lot, I saw a beatiful
> blonde chic sitting in a car, obviously waiting for somebody with the win=
dow
> open. I couldn't resist this one so I struck up a conversation and easily
> got a date, for that night with her.
>
Right there... the suspension of disbelief fails.
On Feb 1, 4:21=A0pm, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> > > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > > front of him is a woman.
>
> > > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, hal=
f
> > > a carton of eggs,
>
> > > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > > one apple.
>
> > > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> > "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yoursel=
f."
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> *****************
>
> Good one Rob
> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct asshole=
s
> who try to stop anyone having any enjoyment in life
> whether it be through a joke, or even living in your own home, or,
> changing a joke so that it suits them.
> Maybe this "Bill" is either a single ugly woman
> or if he is a male
> then he would be married to a butt-ugly woman and is trying to make excus=
es
> for living with it
Jeash --- Let's hear it for mean spirited.
"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 1, 4:21 pm, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> > > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > > front of him is a woman.
>
> > > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> > > a carton of eggs,
>
> > > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > > one apple.
>
> > > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> > "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> > yourself."
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> *****************
>
> Good one Rob
> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct assholes
> who try to stop anyone having any enjoyment in life
> whether it be through a joke, or even living in your own home, or,
> changing a joke so that it suits them.
> Maybe this "Bill" is either a single ugly woman
> or if he is a male
> then he would be married to a butt-ugly woman and is trying to make
> excuses
> for living with it
Jeash --- Let's hear it for mean spirited.
******************************
Okay, I'll drink to that !!
On Feb 1, 2:59=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > front of him is a woman.
>
> > She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> > a carton of eggs,
>
> > 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > one apple.
>
> > The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself.=
"
You didn't crack a smile even?
DGDevin wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>> yourself."
>
>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
from her. And your point is?
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 3, 12:24 pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> You sound ugly.
>>
>> And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at
>> about age twelve. Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary
>> tale.
>
> Oh, come ON! That's it? You're calling twelve-year old people stupid?
> Retarded?
Ugh-oh... next comes the window licker jokes. This thread is going to get
awful...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Feb 1, 7:45=A0pm, Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:21:25 +1100, George W Frost wrote:
> > Good one Rob
> > nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct
> > assholes
>
> Nothing irritates me more than someone who can't express himself without
> profanity.
>
> And "politically correct" has nothing to do with it - it was a lousy joke=
.
>
Allow me to put this in perspective... YOU didn't like it...
That either tells us something about the joke, or about you.
Now tell us one that YOU think is hilarious.
On Feb 1, 9:45=A0pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow" <mma=
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> >DGDevin wrote:
> >> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]..=
.
>
> >>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>> yourself."
>
> >>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0But
> >> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
> >So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but =
if
> >it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? =A0You are suggesting=
that
> >the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it come=
s
> >from her. =A0And your point is?
>
> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone =
for
> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were bor=
n
> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's sk=
in
> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks be=
cause
> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Bill wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things
>>>> in her basket.
>>>>
>>>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've
>>>> never been praised for your math skills."
>>>>
>>>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing,
>>>> I'm calling the manager!"
>>>>
>>>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind
>>>> you. From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the
>>>> part about the muskrat did have its moments.
>>>
>>>
>>> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>>>
>>
>> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton
>> contest for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>>
>> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
>> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>>
>
> Friend used to hunt them and bring them to work for lunch.
>
Did they eat much ?
On Feb 3, 12:24=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > You sound ugly.
>
> And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at about a=
ge
> twelve. =A0Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary tale.
Oh, come ON! That's it? You're calling twelve-year old people stupid?
Retarded?
On Feb 2, 12:37=A0pm, "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bill" =A0wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...
> >>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
> >>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>
> >>> Bill
>
> >> How so, Billy?
> > I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>
> Many years ago the head of the BBC was asked if a particular program migh=
t
> not offend some viewers (I think it was Monty Python) and he replied, the=
re
> are some people one would wish to offend.
>
> In this case, someone who thinks it's amusing to mock someone for their
> appearance is telling us more about himself than he realizes.
You sound ugly.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:04:30 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Feb 1, 6:33 pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:53 -0500, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Robatoy wrote:
>> >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>> >> front of him is a woman.
>>
>> >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>> >> a carton of eggs,
>>
>> >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>> >> one apple.
>>
>> >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>
>> >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>> >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>
>> >I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> >"She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
>>
>> Did you say "mean spirited", Bill? Y'mean Toy is now a fellow
>> Republican, like his buddy, Sarah Palin?
>>
>> <nomex: ON>
>>
>
>Who'se trolling now, Jackko? LOL
>
>Gawd... I express a couple of conservative views and now I'm trying to
>crawl under Palin's skirt?
I knew it! Thanks for confessing. It's good for the soul. (And other
parts of the shoe, you heel.)
--
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
-- J. K. Rowling
"Robatoy" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Why don't YOU tell us a joke, and let's see if *I* can go waaay out of
> my way and try to make a big deal out of it?
> Go ahead! You have been challenged.
> Tell us a joke that is 100% bulletproof to some schmuck who wants to
> be an asshole enough to take issue with the premise... Go for it.. I
> am waiting...
Oh dear, your feelings seem to be hurt, poor thing.
On Feb 1, 9:45=A0pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow" <mma=
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> >DGDevin wrote:
> >> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]..=
.
>
> >>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>> yourself."
>
> >>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0But
> >> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
> >So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but =
if
> >it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? =A0You are suggesting=
that
> >the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it come=
s
> >from her. =A0And your point is?
>
> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone =
for
> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were bor=
n
> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's sk=
in
> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks be=
cause
> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
And yet, when the 'jokes' centre around muslims, arabs, iraqis many
laugh and laugh.
Somewhere the hypocritics [sic] have drawn a line as what THEY think
is funny. Now using Miller's standard, a person is born into a muslim
family, knows nothing else and everybody laughs when "they blow up so
fast".
You see, when one adopts sanctimonious hypocrisy, expect to be held up
to a bar you, yourself set, and if you fail to live up to your own
standards, you're the ultimate fucking loser. Pardon my french...oops,
I just, inadvertently offended millions of Frenchmen.
To so many, the world is simply black and white...oh shit, I just
offended all mankind!!
Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
evil."
An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
professional working man (bartender).
Zz Yzx wrote:
>
> Besides "political correctness" doesn't really exist. It's a made-up
> concept that postulates that you can "pick up a turd by the clean
> end".
>
POTW!!!!!
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:45:41 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>DGDevin wrote:
>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>> yourself."
>>>
>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>
>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>
>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>
>>So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>>it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>>the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>>from her. And your point is?
>>
>I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
>being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
>with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
>color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
>they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
'zactly. And, in my book, the "joke" ridicules the insensitive,
unintelligent, snd prodefull man moreso than an unattractive woman.
Doesn't it?
-Zz
On Feb 1, 6:33=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:53 -0500, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Robatoy wrote:
> >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> >> front of him is a woman.
>
> >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> >> a carton of eggs,
>
> >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> >> one apple.
>
> >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> >I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >"She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself=
."
>
> Did you say "mean spirited", Bill? =A0Y'mean Toy is now a fellow
> Republican, like his buddy, Sarah Palin?
>
> <nomex: ON>
>
Who'se trolling now, Jackko? LOL
Gawd... I express a couple of conservative views and now I'm trying to
crawl under Palin's skirt?
On Feb 1, 9:45=A0pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> Jerks are jerks because
> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
Some more words for you to live by, Miller.
On Feb 2, 12:01=A0am, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> >> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"<mm=
[email protected]> =A0wrote:
>
> >>> DGDevin wrote:
> >>>> "Robatoy" =A0wrote in message
> >>>>news:[email protected]=
...
>
> >>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>>>> yourself."
>
> >>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. =A0B=
ut
> >>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
> >>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, b=
ut if
> >>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? =A0You are suggest=
ing that
> >>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it c=
omes
> >> >from her. =A0And your point is?
>
> >> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someo=
ne for
> >> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were =
born
> >> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's=
skin
> >> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks=
because
> >> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- a=
nd
> >> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
> > Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
> > thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>
> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>
> Bill
How so, Billy?
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 1, 10:43 pm, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Doug Miller wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> DGDevin wrote:
> >>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
> >>>news:[email protected]...
>
> >>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> >>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> >>>>> yourself."
>
> >>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
> >>> No, why, there was no joke.
>
> >>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
> >>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
> >> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
> >> but if it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
> >> suggesting that the very same kind of punch line would be
> >> acceptable, as long as it comes from her. And your point is?
>
> > I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
> > someone for
> > being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
> > born
> > with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
> > someone's skin
> > color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
> > jerks because
> > they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
> > and
> > making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
> I completely agree with that but - Doug - it was a joke. Not a real world
> experience. A joke like that has much more of a punch line than the
> obvious, but one of those punch lines is the build up that leads the
> reader
> to believe something - that concludes in a completely different manner.
> A... paraprosdokian.
>
Yup, that's the technique. I didn't know what it was called, and it
was nothing personal. I should have called the woman grumpy, rather
than ugly.
************************
Why call her something other than what she really is ??
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
>
>>
>> Gawd... I express a couple of conservative views and now I'm trying to
>> crawl under Palin's skirt?
>
> Post what ya find under there. Moose hide? Other?
>
I only wish that you would find me under there
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
>
"Robatoy" wrote in message
news:e7bcdbdb-0c6e-44ad-858c-8a8997441099@i39g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
> evil."
Simply bullshit. He didn't say that, nobody said anything like that, that
is a clumsy attempt at using a straw man to divert attention.
> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
> says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
> professional working man (bartender).
No, you didn't, because you didn't pointlessly denigrate them, you didn't
tell a joke which made light of hostile stupidity, and most of all you
didn't tell a lame-ass joke that wasn't funny and then get all pissy when
people called you on it. If you want to do standup, get better material,
because you're bombing in this club for a reason.
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Zz Yzx
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:45:41 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>DGDevin wrote:
>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>> yourself."
>>>>>
>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>>>
>>>>So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but
>>>>if
>>>>it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting
>>>>that
>>>>the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it
>>>>comes
>>>>from her. And your point is?
>>>>
>>>I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone
>>>for
>>>being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
>>>born
>>>with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's
>>>skin
>>>color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks
>>>because
>>
>>>they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>>>making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>
>>'zactly. And, in my book, the "joke" ridicules the insensitive,
>>unintelligent, snd prodefull man moreso than an unattractive woman.
>>Doesn't it?
>
> The revised version which includes "Now, if she had replied....", yes. The
> original, no. The original is simply cruel.
What a fucking wimp !!
"Now, if she had replied..."
That is just hindsight at its best
You know that hindsight is man's greatest asset?
"If only"
If only this
If only that.
All very well to criticize what someone says well after it has been said
it usually takes morons a long time to think things up to try and retaliate.
The original joke, and a joke it was, was quite good,
even though I had heard it many times before about many different people
male and female according to whoever related it,
I still consider it a joke and I will defend the original writer for having
enough guts to send it,
not like some of those mealy mouthed wimps who start to complain well after
the event.
Just because it doesn't suit them.
There are lots of things on this earth which might not suit most people,
but, the majority of people have learned to live with it and get on with
their lives.,
I would suggest that you try and do likewise
Robatoy wrote:
> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> front of him is a woman.
>
> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
> a carton of eggs,
>
> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> one apple.
>
> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
"She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>>> front of him is a woman.
>>
>>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>>> a carton of eggs,
>>
>>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>>> one apple.
>>
>>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>
>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>
>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
Sorry, I saw tears in her eyes...
Bill
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:21:25 +1100, George W Frost wrote:
> Good one Rob
> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct
> assholes
Nothing irritates me more than someone who can't express himself without
profanity.
And "politically correct" has nothing to do with it - it was a lousy joke.
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
>DGDevin wrote:
>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>> yourself."
>>
>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>
>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>
>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>
>So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>from her. And your point is?
>
I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
In article <[email protected]>, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:45:41 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>DGDevin wrote:
>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>> yourself."
>>>>
>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>>
>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>>
>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>>
>>>So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>>>it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>>>the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>>>from her. And your point is?
>>>
>>I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
>>being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
>>with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
>>color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
>
>>they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>>making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
>'zactly. And, in my book, the "joke" ridicules the insensitive,
>unintelligent, snd prodefull man moreso than an unattractive woman.
>Doesn't it?
The revised version which includes "Now, if she had replied....", yes. The
original, no. The original is simply cruel.
In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Doug Miller wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>> yourself."
>>>>
>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>>
>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>>
>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>>
>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
>>> but if it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
>>> suggesting that the very same kind of punch line would be
>>> acceptable, as long as it comes from her. And your point is?
>>>
>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
>> someone for
>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
>> born
>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of
>> someone's skin
>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are
>> jerks because
>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
>> and
>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
>I completely agree with that but - Doug - it was a joke. Not a real world
>experience. A joke like that has much more of a punch line than the
>obvious, but one of those punch lines is the build up that leads the reader
>to believe something - that concludes in a completely different manner.
>A... paraprosdokian.
Of course it was a joke. Just not a *funny* one.
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>> yourself."
>>
>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>
>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>
>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>
>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>> >from her. And your point is?
>>
>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>
> Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
Bill
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>>> yourself."
>>
>>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>
>>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>
>>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>
>>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>>>> >from her. And your point is?
>>
>>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
>>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
>>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
>>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
>>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>
>>> Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
>>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>>
>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>
>> Bill
>
> How so, Billy?
I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
George W Frost wrote:
> "Bill"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>>>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike
>>>>>> Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>>>>> yourself."
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>>>
>>>>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok,
>>>>>>> but if
>>>>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are
>>>>>>> suggesting that
>>>>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it
>>>>>>> comes
>>>>>> >from her. And your point is?
>>>>
>>>>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of
>>>>>> someone for
>>>>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were
>>>>>> born
>>>>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's
>>>>>> skin
>>>>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks --
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>>>
>>>>> Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
>>>>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>>>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>
>>> How so, Billy?
>>
>> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>>
>
> That answer is because you haven't got a reasonable answer, or you just
> don't have the balls to reply
> Gutless wonder.
Nope, I'm too busy for you too.
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:18:52 -0800, Robatoy wrote:
>
> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender says:
> "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>
> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
> professional working man (bartender).
But that one *is* funny.
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 2, 1:40 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Feb 2, 12:01 am, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 1, 9:45 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>>>>> In article<[email protected]>, "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> DGDevin wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>>>>>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>>>>>>>> yourself."
>>
>>>>>>>>> You didn't crack a smile even?
>>
>>>>>>>> No, why, there was no joke.
>>
>>>>>>>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But
>>>>>>>> I can always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
>>
>>>>>>> So - if the same kind of humor is pointed in one direction it's ok, but if
>>>>>>> it's pointed in the opposite direction, it's foul? You are suggesting that
>>>>>>> the very same kind of punch line would be acceptable, as long as it comes
>>>>>> >from her. And your point is?
>>
>>>>>> I don't see those two as being equivalent at all. To make fun of someone for
>>>>>> being ugly is immature and cruel: we can't help what features we were born
>>>>>> with, and it's in exactly the same category as making fun of someone's skin
>>>>>> color. Ugly isn't a matter of choice. Being a jerk is. Jerks are jerks because
>>>>>> they *choose* to be jerks. They can also choose to *not* be jerks -- and
>>>>>> making fun of them when they are is one way of getting them to stop.
>>
>>>>> Some people will always find something negative about anything... they
>>>>> thrive on that...that and being sanctimonious.
>>
>>>> Sorry to say it, but I think the only way to find the original joke
>>>> funny is to have a self-esteem problem.
>>
>>>> Bill
>>
>>> How so, Billy?
>>
>> I don't wish to offend you, so let's just leave it at that.
>
> Oh, come on... give it a shot. Of the few problems *I* do have, self
> esteem isn't one of them.
Parole violations?
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>> front of him is a woman.
>>
>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>> a carton of eggs,
>>
>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>> one apple.
>>
>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>
>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
>
> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
Concur!
On 2/3/2011 11:11 AM, HeyBub wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>>>
>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>
>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>
>>
>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>> yourself."
>
> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in her
> basket.
>
> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
> been praised for your math skills."
>
> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
> calling the manager!"
>
> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind you.
>
> From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
> about the muskrat did have its moments.
Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
Bill
On 2/03/11 1:57 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>> On Feb 3, 12:24 pm, "DGDevin"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Robatoy" wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>> You sound ugly.
>>>
>>> And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at
>>> about age twelve. Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary
>>> tale.
>>
>> Oh, come ON! That's it? You're calling twelve-year old people stupid?
>> Retarded?
>
> Ugh-oh... next comes the window licker jokes. This thread is going to get
> awful...
>
How about some disparaging remarks about pineywood?
It is *ugly* to finish properly :-)
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
George W Frost wrote:
> "Bill"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 2/3/2011 11:11 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> Bill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>>>
>>>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>> yourself."
>>>
>>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in
>>> her
>>> basket.
>>>
>>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
>>> been praised for your math skills."
>>>
>>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
>>> calling the manager!"
>>>
>>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind you.
>>>
>>> From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
>>> about the muskrat did have its moments.
>>
>>
>> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>>
>> Bill
>
> You wouldn't want to know Bill
> it will send you into another tirade
> But, it was under her dress
>
>
Okay, just so long as I don't need to report you to the SPCA...
If a muskrat wants to, or you want to, wear a dress its none of my concern.
Bill
In article <[email protected]>,
HeyBub <[email protected]> wrote:
<...snipped...>
>I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in her
>basket.
>
>Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
>been praised for your math skills."
<...snipped...>
Maybe here math skills were so good that she was counting in base 163?
Hmm, I believe that's a prime number too.
--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
Larry W wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>,
> HeyBub<[email protected]> wrote:
> <...snipped...>
>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in her
>> basket.
>>
>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
>> been praised for your math skills."
> <...snipped...>
>
>
> Maybe here math skills were so good that she was counting in base 163?
>
> Hmm, I believe that's a prime number too.
1 + 6 + 4 =11. I guess she was only one over the limit... I'd have cut
her a little slack.
On 2/4/2011 8:09 AM, HeyBub wrote:
> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton contest
> for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>
> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>
To that, a REAL LOL!!!
Bill
On 2/4/2011 10:42 AM, Bill wrote:
> On 2/4/2011 8:09 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>
>> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton
>> contest
>> for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>>
>> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
>> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>>
>
> To that, a REAL LOL!!!
>
> Bill
>
I read that again, and got a couple more laughs out of it. What's the
name of the book?
Bill
On 2/4/2011 10:57 AM, FrozenNorth wrote:
> On 2/04/11 10:52 AM, Bill wrote:
>> George Frost and Robatoy are the same poster.
>> Too obvious. Who woulda thunk it--LOL.
>
> What are you on about, Rob is in Canada, George is in Australia.
> That is a lot of frequent flier miles.
>
If you say so. I thought Australian's had better manners. All the ones I
have met did.
Bill
On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:01:39 -0500, Bill wrote:
> What are you on about, Rob is in Canada, George is in Australia. That
> is
>> a lot of frequent flier miles.
>>
>>
> If you say so. I thought Australian's had better manners.
Rob usually does too - must not like folks who don't laugh at his
jokes :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
On 2/4/2011 12:35 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> ..., there
> are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass sour
> puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
> problems.
Do you realize which category you think you're in?
> We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
> group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
What do you think we should do with them? Wooden stake up the arse?
Bill
On 2/04/11 12:54 PM, Bill wrote:
> On 2/4/2011 12:35 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>> ..., there
>> are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass sour
>> puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
>> problems.
>
> Do you realize which category you think you're in?
>
>
>> We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
>> group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
>
> What do you think we should do with them? Wooden stake up the arse?
>
Why don't you start another 500 post thread, consulting the masses on
the correct way to screw in a light bulb?
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On 2/4/2011 1:14 PM, FrozenNorth wrote:
> On 2/04/11 12:54 PM, Bill wrote:
>> On 2/4/2011 12:35 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> ..., there
>>> are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass sour
>>> puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
>>> problems.
>>
>> Do you realize which category you think you're in?
>>
>>
>>> We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
>>> group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
>>
>> What do you think we should do with them? Wooden stake up the arse?
>>
> Why don't you start another 500 post thread, consulting the masses on
> the correct way to screw in a light bulb?
>
I think George and Robatoy think I don't know how to drop to their
level. Holl' atcha..
Bill
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bill wrote:
>>>
>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>
>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>
>>
>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>> yourself."
>
> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in her
> basket.
>
> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
> been praised for your math skills."
>
> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
> calling the manager!"
>
> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind you.
>
> From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
> about the muskrat did have its moments.
>
>
>
LOL! Now THAT was funny!
--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 2/3/2011 11:11 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> Bill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>>>
>>>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>>> yourself."
>>>
>>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in
>>> her
>>> basket.
>>>
>>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
>>> been praised for your math skills."
>>>
>>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
>>> calling the manager!"
>>>
>>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind
>>> you.
>>>
>>> From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
>>> about the muskrat did have its moments.
>>
>>
>> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>>
>> Bill
>
> You wouldn't want to know Bill
> it will send you into another tirade
> But, it was under her dress
>
You never want to put a muskrat under duress!
--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bill wrote:
>>>
>>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things
>>> in her basket.
>>>
>>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've
>>> never been praised for your math skills."
>>>
>>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing,
>>> I'm calling the manager!"
>>>
>>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind
>>> you. From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the
>>> part about the muskrat did have its moments.
>>
>>
>> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>>
>
> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton
> contest for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>
> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>
Friend used to hunt them and bring them to work for lunch.
--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2/4/2011 12:35 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>> ..., there
>> are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass sour
>> puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
>> problems.
>
> Do you realize which category you think you're in?
>
>
>> We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
>> group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
>
> What do you think we should do with them? Wooden stake up the arse?
>
> Bill
>
is that a pointy stick joke?
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Brian's Mum
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 4, 10:52 am, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> George Frost and Robatoy are the same poster.
> Too obvious. Who woulda thunk it--LOL.
Because we both think you're a dork? I'm willing to bet there are a
few more in here who think you're reaction to a totally fictitious and
innocuous joke is just plain fucked-up.
But go on... keep punching air, you goofball!
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it was tasteless, but then you're Canadian so exceptions can be made ...
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"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Bill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things
>>>>> in her basket.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've
>>>>> never been praised for your math skills."
>>>>>
>>>>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing,
>>>>> I'm calling the manager!"
>>>>>
>>>>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind
>>>>> you. From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although
>>>>> the
>>>>> part about the muskrat did have its moments.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton
>>> contest for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>>>
>>> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
>>> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>>>
>>
>> Friend used to hunt them and bring them to work for lunch.
>>
>
>
> Did they eat much ?
>
None of them brought lunch money.
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"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2/4/2011 10:42 AM, Bill wrote:
>> On 2/4/2011 8:09 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>
>>> I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton
>>> contest
>>> for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
>>>
>>> "Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
>>> more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
>>>
>>
>> To that, a REAL LOL!!!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
>
> I read that again, and got a couple more laughs out of it. What's the name
> of the book?
>
> Bill
"Joke of the Year"
by that infamous author
Bill
"FrozenNorth" wrote in message
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> How about some disparaging remarks about pineywood?
> It is *ugly* to finish properly :-)
I'll say, I find myself making excuses like, "No, it's supposed to look like
that, really".
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:41:05 -0700, Just Wondering
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2/2/2011 7:18 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> And yet, when the 'jokes' centre around muslims, arabs, iraqis many
>> laugh and laugh.
>> Somewhere the hypocritics [sic] have drawn a line as what THEY think
>> is funny. Now using Miller's standard, a person is born into a muslim
>> family, knows nothing else and everybody laughs when "they blow up so
>> fast".
>>
>> Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
>> evil."
>>
>> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
>> says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>>
>> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
>> professional working man (bartender).
>
>I wanna play.
>They aren't towelheads. Those aren't towels, they're little sheets.
Yeah, buncha sheetheads. Hey, since when is juice slinger (bartender)
a "professional"?
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Woe be to him that reads but one book.
-- George Herbert
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2/3/2011 11:11 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>> Bill wrote:
>>>>
>>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>>
>>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>>> yourself."
>>
>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in
>> her
>> basket.
>>
>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
>> been praised for your math skills."
>>
>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
>> calling the manager!"
>>
>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind you.
>>
>> From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
>> about the muskrat did have its moments.
>
>
> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>
> Bill
You wouldn't want to know Bill
it will send you into another tirade
But, it was under her dress
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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>> Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But I
>> can
>> always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
> Now THAT is sooo kneeslappingggg...awful... "I can always put on make-
> up, yes but tomorrow I'll be sober....come ON, that line is as dead as
> your sense of humour.
Someone with a sense of humor that relies on pointless derision of a person
for their appearance (rather than their character) is in no position to
lecture anyone else on what is or isn't funny. What's next, you gonna tell
a joke about laughing at someone in a wheelchair?
Robatoy wrote the following:
> On Feb 1, 2:59 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
>>> front of him is a woman.
>>>
>>> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk, half
>>> a carton of eggs,
>>>
>>> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
>>> one apple.
>>>
>>> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>>>
>>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>>
>>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>>>
>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work yourself."
>>
>
> You didn't crack a smile even?
>
I didn't. If I were behind the guy, I would have punched him,
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Bill wrote:
>>
>> I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things
>> in her basket.
>>
>> Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've
>> never been praised for your math skills."
>>
>> She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing,
>> I'm calling the manager!"
>>
>> "One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind
>> you. From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the
>> part about the muskrat did have its moments.
>
>
> Come on! How can you leave us like that? What about the muskrat???
>
I like muskrats. Here's an honorable mention from the Bulyer-Lytton contest
for the worst opening sentence of a novel:
"Clarence stared out the window of the Smithsonian and wondered how many
more goddamn muskrat hides he'd have to stretch before lunch."
In news:[email protected],
Mike Marlow <[email protected]> spewed forth:
> FrozenNorth wrote:
>> On 2/03/11 10:59 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> " You hate me because I am gay!!"....noooo I hate assholes.
>>>
>> If you liked assholes, you would be gay :-)
>
> Ruh-roh... methinks this thread is headed in a bad way...
especially if getting wood starts being discussed
Bill wrote:
>>
>> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>>
>> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
>
> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
> yourself."
I got in the "10 items or less" line behind a woman with 164 things in her
basket.
Just trying to strike up a conversation, I said: "I suppose you've never
been praised for your math skills."
She gave me the stink-eye and replied: "If you say one more thing, I'm
calling the manager!"
"One more thing," I said - just to keep the conversation going, mind you.
From this point on, the story's not very interesting, although the part
about the muskrat did have its moments.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Oh good. Since I have full time job in slacking and a second job in food
>> consumption, I can be considered a multi-faceted professional.
> As long as you get paid for it.
Not true. Many professionals donate their unpaid time. A doctor volunteering
months of work helping the indigent. Use Haiti as an example. How many
foreign doctors are currently working there? They don't get paid a thing,
yet maintain a professional designation.
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:41:05 -0700, Just Wondering
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 2/2/2011 7:18 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>>
>>> And yet, when the 'jokes' centre around muslims, arabs, iraqis many
>>> laugh and laugh.
>>> Somewhere the hypocritics [sic] have drawn a line as what THEY think
>>> is funny. Now using Miller's standard, a person is born into a muslim
>>> family, knows nothing else and everybody laughs when "they blow up so
>>> fast".
>>>
>>> Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
>>> evil."
>>>
>>> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
>>> says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>>>
>>> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
>>> professional working man (bartender).
>>
>>I wanna play.
>>They aren't towelheads. Those aren't towels, they're little sheets.
>
> Yeah, buncha sheetheads. Hey, since when is juice slinger (bartender)
> a "professional"?
>
Since that is his profession.
In news:[email protected],
Bill <[email protected]> spewed forth:
> On 2/4/2011 12:35 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>> ..., there
>> are always a bunch who laugh and there will always be a tight-ass
>> sour puss looking for ANY excuse to make issues out of non-existent
>> problems.
>
> Do you realize which category you think you're in?
And your category is?
>
>
>> We have a very small handful of those anal PC idiots in this
>> group and I sure-as-hell am not telling jokes for their pleasure...
>
> What do you think we should do with them? Wooden stake up the arse?
>
It be a good start till the fire gets hot<g>
The wheelchair had very little suspension on it.
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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For me, the suspension occurred at the punch line.
Robatoy wrote:
Right there... the suspension of disbelief fails.
On Feb 2, 6:15 pm, "Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote:
When I was younger, walking through a plaza parking lot, I saw a
beatiful blonde chic sitting in a car, obviously waiting for
somebody with the window open. I couldn't resist this one so I
struck up a conversation and easily got a date, for that night with
her.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 00:45:58 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:21:25 +1100, George W Frost wrote:
>
>> Good one Rob
>> nothing pisses me off more than these fucking politically correct
>> assholes
>
>Nothing irritates me more than someone who can't express himself without
>profanity.
>
>And "politically correct" has nothing to do with it - it was a lousy joke.
Besides "political correctness" doesn't really exist. It's a made-up
concept that postulates that you can "pick up a turd by the clean
end".
-Zz
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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> You sound ugly.
And you sound like someone whose emotional development stopped at about age
twelve. Oh well, they too serve who provide a cautionary tale.
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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>> I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>> "She" should have replied, "You're rather quite a piece of work
>> yourself."
> You didn't crack a smile even?
No, why, there was no joke.
Now if she had replied, "Okay, I'm ugly, and you're an asshole. But I can
always put on makeup," then it might have been worth a smile.
Don't feed the trolls. It doesn't go anywhere.
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Oh dear, your feelings seem to be hurt, poor thing.
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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Why don't YOU tell us a joke, and let's see if *I* can go waaay out of
my way and try to make a big deal out of it?
Go ahead! You have been challenged.
Tell us a joke that is 100% bulletproof to some schmuck who wants to
be an asshole enough to take issue with the premise... Go for it.. I
am waiting...
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2/4/2011 10:57 AM, FrozenNorth wrote:
>> On 2/04/11 10:52 AM, Bill wrote:
>>> George Frost and Robatoy are the same poster.
>>> Too obvious. Who woulda thunk it--LOL.
>>
>> What are you on about, Rob is in Canada, George is in Australia.
>> That is a lot of frequent flier miles.
>>
>
> If you say so. I thought Australian's had better manners. All the ones I
> have met did.
>
> Bill
They were only pretending
Robatoy wrote:
>
> And yet, when the 'jokes' centre around muslims, arabs, iraqis many
> laugh and laugh.
> Somewhere the hypocritics [sic] have drawn a line as what THEY think
> is funny. Now using Miller's standard, a person is born into a muslim
> family, knows nothing else and everybody laughs when "they blow up so
> fast".
> You see, when one adopts sanctimonious hypocrisy, expect to be held up
> to a bar you, yourself set, and if you fail to live up to your own
> standards, you're the ultimate fucking loser. Pardon my french...oops,
> I just, inadvertently offended millions of Frenchmen.
> To so many, the world is simply black and white...oh shit, I just
> offended all mankind!!
>
> Miller's stance is simply this: "you may not tell jokes, humour is
> evil."
>
> An Israeli, an Englishman and a German walk into a bar. Bartender
> says: "What is this? Some kinda joke?"
>
> I just offended THREE, count them THREE nationalities, and a
> professional working man (bartender).
I'm confused. Are you actually ashamed of offending someone?
Now THAT would be funny.
Or sad.
"Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Tell us a joke that is 100% bulletproof to some schmuck who wants to
> be an asshole enough to take issue with the premise... Go for it.. I
> am waiting...
You're the joke. From your first post here to your most recent, the joke has
always been you.
That's about as bulletproof as it gets.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Feb 3, 4:36 am, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:29cd755d-b98f-4d2e-a7eb-5dd9b287c02a@k30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 3, 3:06 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:[email protected]...
>
> > > Robatoy wrote:
> > >> There is a guy in front of me at the grocery store check-out and in
> > >> front of him is a woman.
>
> > >> She puts on the belt: a single potato, a small container of milk,
> > >> half
> > >> a carton of eggs,
>
> > >> 3 slices of ham, a small handful of green beans, two crusty buns and
> > >> one apple.
>
> > >> The guy in front of me says to her: "You're single, aren't you?"
>
> > >> She bats her eyes and says: "How did you guess?"
>
> > >> He replies: "Because you're rather ugly."
>
> > > I think that's too mean spirited to qualify as a "joke".
>
> > Concur!
>
> http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/Why_So_Serious.jpg
>
> Well, you wont get any smile out of him any more
Oh shit... did I make fun of a dead person again?
******************
Okay, thanks for taking the credit
I thought I that I had.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Hey, since when is juice slinger (bartender) a "professional"?
> Since that is his profession.
Oh good. Since I have full time job in slacking and a second job in food
consumption, I can be considered a multi-faceted professional.
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Robatoy" wrote in message
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>
>
>> *I* bomb in this club because you have no sense of humour.... I get it
>> now...
>
> I have you doing the It-Was-So-Funny dance, but you figure I'm the one not
> in on the joke? Now *that* is funny.
Sure is, we are all laughing
but the thing is
not with you,
but at you !!