Sam Mertens' doubts about the effectiveness of the witness protection program made me laugh. I also liked Judy Freed's regret about not wearing a suit jacket for the photo.
I didn’t want to toss in a polite but generic “likewise”. Then it occurred to me that when I read yours, I thought “damn, why didn’t I think of that”. And if it’s something I regret not having come up with myself, that means I really like it.
Gene said "I think many racial/ethnic/misogynistic/homophobic jokes are plainly not about hatred and intolerance, but about the idiocy of stereotypes. "
I posit that that is why Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie ever made.
I’m in Glasgow today and was at a lecture about the City. It apparently was founded by a monk named Mungo, repeatedly pronounced as Mongo by the American (Texas) lecturer. Sad.
In this case, I mean not everybody these days seems to be willing to laugh at a cretin for being cretinous. If TFG makes a racist joke, the knee jerk reaction is outrage, not to point and laugh. And it’s understandable; there are real consequences to having a world populated by people holding that worldview, especially when they manage to weasel themselves into power.
I frequently still wear masks and when I’m in the office there are always signs up reminding people to be respectful of people like me. (Not that I think my coworkers need reminding.)
Of course, there are a whole range of agnosias, or the inability to recognize a variety of things, sounds, tastes, objects by touch, words visually and yes, apparently sarcasm. Witzelsucht (pathological joking) is a rare disorder where an individual has a compulsion to constantly crack jokes or make puns, finding them hilarious but not responding appropriately to the humor of others and sarcasm, in particular.
Whatismore, with the proper medical identification, allows you to cross against the light and clear a bar. Apparently one of the relatively few cases of the disorder studied was of a jocular fellow who was want to wake his wife up at four in the morning and fire off joke after joke --- or what he took for jokes. Needless to say, she didn't find the daily early morning sets amusing.
Jeff's Sensible Party/Silly Party caption for A might not be that far off the mark. The fellow on the right is Barmy Brunch of the Monster Raving Loony Party. The fellow in the middle is the now defeated member for North East Somerset and Hanham, Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory sometimes referred to as the member for the 19th Century - raising the question of just who is on the Sensible side in that matchup.
As might be expected of a language that has multiple words or descriptions for just about everything, French even has a word for everything you, for some strange reason, don't know the word for (at least at the time), the catch-all "machin." The equivalent of thingy, whatchamacallit or thingamajig and other metasyntactic-like placeholders, but far more (as might be expected for a language that has a word for all those words for everything, you can't remember), for people whose names you can't recall or don't know --- the whatisname of English. So, there are "les machins," for those "thingamajigs" and "Monsieur Machin qui travaille au bar," "Whatisname who works at the bar."
This was the best: He wanted to kiss her, but he just didn’t have what it takes. (Jeff Contompasis)
Sam Mertens' doubts about the effectiveness of the witness protection program made me laugh. I also liked Judy Freed's regret about not wearing a suit jacket for the photo.
Thanks for the appreciation, Leslie! And I also loved Sam's witness protection.
I didn’t want to toss in a polite but generic “likewise”. Then it occurred to me that when I read yours, I thought “damn, why didn’t I think of that”. And if it’s something I regret not having come up with myself, that means I really like it.
Thanks, Sam! Considering how many times I have that thought about your entries, I'm honored to return the favor.
And for the record, I haven’t seen any where I thought”whoa, glad I didn’t send that”, which is more than I can say for some of my own noinks.
Cheetos never win
Love your name!
I am so ashamed. I LMFAO at the banned "fizz, fizz, plop, plop" answer. I'm going to hell. Again.
Score a point for me. Deduct a point for Pat. She is still way in the lead.
Gene said "I think many racial/ethnic/misogynistic/homophobic jokes are plainly not about hatred and intolerance, but about the idiocy of stereotypes. "
I posit that that is why Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie ever made.
I’m in Glasgow today and was at a lecture about the City. It apparently was founded by a monk named Mungo, repeatedly pronounced as Mongo by the American (Texas) lecturer. Sad.
Was he only a pawn in game of life?
Yes…and straight
People are a little less apt to appreciate Archie Bunker after he was president for four years.
Well, it depends on how you are defining Archie Bunker. Carroll O'Connor was smart liberal who was an effective social activist.
In this case, I mean not everybody these days seems to be willing to laugh at a cretin for being cretinous. If TFG makes a racist joke, the knee jerk reaction is outrage, not to point and laugh. And it’s understandable; there are real consequences to having a world populated by people holding that worldview, especially when they manage to weasel themselves into power.
Not as good as the winner but I love the uvula scan one
I especially liked this one, too.
Now I wish we still had phone books so I could look up the surname Walrustitty without poisoning my google search results.
Click on the link in the entry!
Huh. It’s very rare that I see one of those I don’t recognize.
The one that made me laugh out loud was Sam's "Corporate policy was to be respectful of people who still chose to wear masks..."
I frequently still wear masks and when I’m in the office there are always signs up reminding people to be respectful of people like me. (Not that I think my coworkers need reminding.)
"I think [Vance] looks like the hated head of intra-fraternity council in college, who for some reason wears eyeliner."
So could he play Dean Wormer in a remake of Animal House?
Of course, there are a whole range of agnosias, or the inability to recognize a variety of things, sounds, tastes, objects by touch, words visually and yes, apparently sarcasm. Witzelsucht (pathological joking) is a rare disorder where an individual has a compulsion to constantly crack jokes or make puns, finding them hilarious but not responding appropriately to the humor of others and sarcasm, in particular.
Witzelsucht: Now I have a label for myself.
Whatismore, with the proper medical identification, allows you to cross against the light and clear a bar. Apparently one of the relatively few cases of the disorder studied was of a jocular fellow who was want to wake his wife up at four in the morning and fire off joke after joke --- or what he took for jokes. Needless to say, she didn't find the daily early morning sets amusing.
All the answer for picture D have the other pix beat.
I liked Geist and “Flambé,” and Dopart and “Byron snd Chill.”
REPRESENTATIVE!! beats all of them.
Jeff's Sensible Party/Silly Party caption for A might not be that far off the mark. The fellow on the right is Barmy Brunch of the Monster Raving Loony Party. The fellow in the middle is the now defeated member for North East Somerset and Hanham, Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory sometimes referred to as the member for the 19th Century - raising the question of just who is on the Sensible side in that matchup.
As might be expected of a language that has multiple words or descriptions for just about everything, French even has a word for everything you, for some strange reason, don't know the word for (at least at the time), the catch-all "machin." The equivalent of thingy, whatchamacallit or thingamajig and other metasyntactic-like placeholders, but far more (as might be expected for a language that has a word for all those words for everything, you can't remember), for people whose names you can't recall or don't know --- the whatisname of English. So, there are "les machins," for those "thingamajigs" and "Monsieur Machin qui travaille au bar," "Whatisname who works at the bar."
I probably should send this complaint to Substack (and I would, if I knew how to do so) but anyway --
We who prefer to read the comments in chronological order have to:
- scroll through the first couple of comments before we can
- click on "[x number of comments]" then
- click on "Top First" then
- click on "Oldest First"
Too many steps: Why not have all the options listed as Step 1?
You click on “oldest first” and Rifkin’s posts all get shuffled to the bottom