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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 11:26:44 GMT
I hope Caite will lettuce in on the joke soon!  Richard  I'm so glad to read I'm not the only one who didn't understand it. Must be an idiomatic American colloquialism. I felt so stupid I didn't dare post my lack of understanding. Peter S. |
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Post by comet on Jun 23, 2007 11:39:48 GMT
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 11:43:49 GMT
Hi everyone Caite, thanks for the joke, I GET IT now that youv'e explained  yes, I did laugh out loud !! I guess sometimes a joke just has to be told to your face instead of being written down to get maximum impact  OK so some of us are a little slow on the uptake  Mark If you think this is slow, then I'm going backwards! As caite says (indirectly) humour is a very personal thing. Peter S. |
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 11:46:55 GMT
Post 187. OKAY CAITE YOU'VE REDEEMED YOURSELF Peter S. |
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 12:49:31 GMT
Post 185. No hasty retreat Grant. I love it.
Peter S.
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 12:56:03 GMT
Post 196 is highly original Roger. Never heard that before at all.
Peter S.
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 13:12:55 GMT
Love your 202 post Melissa.
Peter S.
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 13:23:15 GMT
I've told this one before, but it's probably possibly worth repeating for the benefit of our newer members. A cannibal went on holiday and it cost him an arm and a leg. He went self-catering!  Richard Good one too Richard. Simple straight forward and very much to the point. Hilarious. Peter S. |
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Post by Stephany on Jun 23, 2007 13:27:14 GMT
One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette hair. Curious, the little girl looked at her mother and asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time you do something wrong and make me unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this for a while and then asked, "Momma, how come all of grandma's hairs are white?" This one is priceless! Thanks for sharing Melissa!  Stephany |
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 14:16:42 GMT
Your post 205 milewalker is thought-provoking--or do I mean provocative? Peter S. |
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 14:19:55 GMT
Humor is an interupted defense mechanism. In order to be perceived as funny, the event, observation, or joke must first be "threatening" to us on some level. ... Not necessarily. Consider this: Why did the chicken cross the park?
To get to the other slide.Many people perceive this as funny. I could be wrong, but is there really an implied threat here? Will that same chicken attack our loved ones and run off with our iPods and portable chess sets? Sometimes a joke about a cigar is just a joke about a cigar. My knowledge of this joke is that the chicken crossed the road, hence a hell of a risk to life and limb which I think was your point? Does that change the emphasise? |
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Post by Dave on Jun 23, 2007 14:31:46 GMT
If you have nothing to do for a few minutes and are in need of a good laugh, Try this site... Hi Comet, please don't post direct links to that kind of site. If you have an acceptable joke, just post the joke! Hi Peter, you're showing signs of regressing to multiple separate replies again... Cheers, Dave |
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Post by Richard on Jun 23, 2007 14:48:38 GMT
Hello Peter and Dave!  187 + 185 + 196 + 202 + 205 = 975. I can't find that post yet! Richard |
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Post by postscript on Jun 23, 2007 16:01:21 GMT
Hello Peter and Dave! 187 + 185 + 196 + 202 + 205 = 975. I can't find that post yet! Richard For the moment I was waiting to catch up with posts before modifying, The 185 should have been 195. I'll look into the others shortly. Peter S. |
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Post by Richard on Jun 23, 2007 16:33:49 GMT
I was joking, Peter. Richard |
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yes, I did laugh out loud !! I guess sometimes a joke just has to be told to your face instead of being written down to get maximum impact 
OK so some of us are a little slow on the uptake 
