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ilovestrategy -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 6:36:09 PM)

Seeing these people get over sensitive about a joke reminds me of when I was at work a few years ago in December I told someone Merry Christmas. A little while later the main secretary approached me and said "Merry Christmas" was not to be said because it might be offensive to some people. After that I went on a Merry Christmas crusade and told it to EVERYONE at work.

One of the teachers(I work in the school district) came up to me, gave me a hug and said thank you because she was too scared to say it for fear of being jumped on.

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]



Prince of Eckmühl -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 6:39:56 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]


A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]



Anthropoid -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 7:42:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]


A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]



Question about the marvel of the English language . . .

There is a great word in English for saying something but not meaning it: hypocritical.

But I have yet to find a word that labels the "excessive sensitivity" behavior that you guys are describing.

Being on a college campus in the land of hippy-dippy Woodstock land, I find I am pretty frequent witness to "excessive sensitivity" but I still don't have a quick and facile word to refer to it. Any help?

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.



warspite1 -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 8:11:26 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

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ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]


A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]



Question about the marvel of the English language . . .

There is a great word in English for saying something but not meaning it: hypocritical.

But I have yet to find a word that labels the "excessive sensitivity" behavior that you guys are describing.

Being on a college campus in the land of hippy-dippy Woodstock land, I find I am pretty frequent witness to "excessive sensitivity" but I still don't have a quick and facile word to refer to it. Any help?

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.

Warspite1

Interesting thought Anthropoid. I guess its difficult because first you have to understand why people think like that. I must say that there is probably two main reasons I can think of:

- Someone genuinely having NO sense of humour [:(]
- Someone actually finding a comment funny or amusing but feeling it necessary to show how much they CARE by exhibiting a faux disgust [sm=vomit-smiley-020.gif]

I think the former is genuinely a sad condition, while the latter needs a really needs the right word found for it [;)].



Prince of Eckmühl -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 8:11:26 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.


Ever read The World According to Garp? In the text, the author (John Irving) draws on the words of Horace Walpole, "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." I guess the rub comes in when there's disagreement as to whether one of us is reacting emotionally or rationally. A century ago, I suspect that the continuum between the extremes was somewhat narrower than it is today, but that's largely irrelevant to the discussion. And, as Irving put it, "in regard to what's comic and what's tragic, the world is all mixed up. For this reason I have never understood why "serious" and "funny" are thought to be opposites. It is simply a truthful contradiction to me that people's problems are often funny and that the people are often and nonetheless sad." Good for him. That's the way that life is, I think, funny and sad.



CV2 -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 8:26:04 PM)

A person with no ethnic, political, or religious affiliation walks into a non-gender specific bar and doesn't order a drink because that would alienate alcoholics and says to the bartender: "you can't tell a joke anymore because someone will become offended". "That offends me" says the bartender. The End.



Anthropoid -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 9:44:42 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

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ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.


Ever read The World According to Garp? In the text, the author (John Irving) draws on the words of Horace Walpole, "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." I guess the rub comes in when there's disagreement as to whether one of us is reacting emotionally or rationally. A century ago, I suspect that the continuum between the extremes was somewhat narrower than it is today, but that's largely irrelevant to the discussion. And, as Irving put it, "in regard to what's comic and what's tragic, the world is all mixed up. For this reason I have never understood why "serious" and "funny" are thought to be opposites. It is simply a truthful contradiction to me that people's problems are often funny and that the people are often and nonetheless sad." Good for him. That's the way that life is, I think, funny and sad.


Very good quote, thanks for that [:D]

My wife raises an intereting question though: If life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, then what is it for people who do both?

I'm thinking satire?



Prince of Eckmühl -> RE: too good not to share (11/6/2010 10:59:15 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

My wife raises an intereting question though: If life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, then what is it for people who do both?

I'm thinking satire?


I'm thinking conflicted.[;)]

As Irving suggested in his book, mores regarding what's deserving of a chuckle, or an outright guffaw, have never been more difficult to discern.

In a world where no one is supposed to judge anyone else, isn't the ultimate cruelty to laugh at the misfortune of another? Why, how dare anyone do so? But, I have to caution our readers, here, that the standards used by the little nazees of the world to establish what qualifies as civil discourse appear to be 100% situational and no less self-serving.

There's a class of people in the world that have come to look upon humor as an intellectual chainsaw, a tool for eviscerating people with whom they may disagree. If they heap scorn and ridicule on some other class, its because they perceive others as bigoted in some manner, and therefore worthy of scorn. But, hey, we're not supposed to judge others, right?

Again, in the words of the character Garp: "I am ashamed, however, that you think I am laughing at people, or making fun of them. I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them."

In the context of the novel, the comment is made in response to a scathing rebuke that Garp, a fictitious author, receives from an amateur critic who questions the writers sense of humor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/romasita/247553751/ His rejoinder includes a nice animal story which everyone should enjoy. [:)]



NefariousKoel -> RE: too good not to share (11/7/2010 9:06:42 PM)


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When in port or close to shore when seagulls are flying overhead take one piece of bread dipped in mustard, throw it into the air and time who long it stays up in the sky.[:D]




We used to tie a long piece of fishing line to an apple core and the other end to a styrofoam cup. When the bird, (sea gulls) grabbed the core it would take off before all it's buddies would try and swoop in and steal it. After about 50 feet of flying it would realize that ther cup was following it and go into some super turbo evasive maneuvers which were really fun to watch. Eventually it would panic and drop the apple core and the fun would start all over again when another one would pick it up.




I recall my father doing something almost exactly like that with his wife's cat. Except he tied a helium balloon to one of it's hind legs and put him outside. When he started walking the balloon would come down and hit him in the ass, so he'd start running away from it which would make it 'attack' him even more. Vicious circle. He ended up running for his life, I think perhaps four laps around the house, before he tried running up a tree. That fat cat made it halfway up the trunk and stopped because he was exhausted.. eventually started slowly peeling off the tree because he didn't have the strength to hang on anymore. [:D]



Anguille -> RE: too good not to share (11/8/2010 7:53:51 AM)

Now, this is getting really weird  [sm=00000007.gif]

This thread may have starded with a joke (not funny) but in the end, the truth is that there are millions of people who enjoy torturing animals and think "hey that's fun" while it's actually sick.



E -> RE: too good not to share (11/8/2010 10:41:19 AM)


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ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I recall my father doing something almost exactly like that with his wife's cat.



That crossed the line for me... the difference between getting a scare and being terrorized.



NefariousKoel -> RE: too good not to share (11/8/2010 7:01:17 PM)

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ORIGINAL: E


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ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I recall my father doing something almost exactly like that with his wife's cat.



That crossed the line for me... the difference between getting a scare and being terrorized.



I laughed pretty hard. No animals were injured in the filming.
I recall him making me take a shot of tequila sometimes when his buddies were over and he'd get sick of me taking sips of his beer. It's a good way to put children to sleep. [:'(]

He also taught me to hunt. I killed my first deer at the age of 9. I'm glad I didn't end up with some panzy effeminate role model. [8|] Those animals were not only harmed but ate.



Razz1 -> RE: too good not to share (11/9/2010 1:31:14 AM)

Mu haha...........



Zap -> RE: too good not to share (11/9/2010 10:59:16 PM)


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ORIGINAL: CV2

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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

It's a harmless joke - I'm sure CV2 (though I know nothing of him) is not condoning or suggesting people use a cat for cleaning toilets.



Actually I learned 2 things about cleaning the toilet with this method. Firstly, don't try it a 2nd time with a cat with claws. Secondly, don't use kittens because they disappear in the rinse.


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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

I liked #6! [:D]


4 was my favorite [:D]


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ORIGINAL: Zap

Not funny. Cruel joke for animal lovers lovers



You are correct. No animal lover could ever find any humor in this. Glad I'm not one. Raised on a farm. Brother is a veterinarian.

1964-75 Queenie [Kabee] (dog) (11 years old died of cancer)
1972-94 Snoopy [Snoop Kee] (cat) (22 years old died of old age)
1980-99 Serenia [Ugly] (cat) (19 years old died of old age)
1985-88 Lulu [Fat Cat] (cat) (7 years old, was 4 when we get her dying of feline leukemia)
1986-95 Midnight (cat) (9 years old went missing after White Kitty died - assume he couldn't live with himself anymore)
1988-99 Missy [Missle] (dog) (11 years old died of cancer)
1990-95 White Kitty (cat) (8 years old, was 2 when we got her killed by neighbors dog)
1991-07 Trouble (dog) (16 years old died of natural causes)
1996-02 Spot (cat) (10 years old, was 4 when we got her died of kidney failure)
1995-09 Blackie (cat) (14 years old died of cancer)
2003-xx Velcore [Scat Cat] (7 years old still alive)
2008-xx Lexicon ["L.T." Little Trouble] (dog) (2 years old still alive)

Also intermingled in there have been various canaries, finches, fish, turtles, a fox, and a raccoon (got from a local game warden and kept for 3 years).

Good thing I hate animals so I can find stories like this funny [;)]





Funny thing is, I have little love for cats or dogs as pets. I like them on the farm. I just thought the joke was poor quality. Its a joke I heard when I was in grade school. I guess it tickled some peoples funny bone. Just not mine.

Seeing the response of those who love animals. Here on the boards i seem to have mis-judged their reactions to the joke. I'm actually glad to see that people here are more thick skinned.



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