Re: For the group members from Texas


"Bourne Identity" <siriusly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:47:18 -0400, "madgardener" <madgard@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:

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> Marilyn, I'm 50 years old and I didn't laugh back then at that movie.

Well, I'm surprised, growing up in New York like you did. I am Southern,
and I hated prejudice 100 times more than anyone because I had a bigot and
racist for a father. But I also grew up watching Ed Sullivan and the Jews
who stood up there on his stage and poked fun at themselves. And I was
allowed to sit up and watch Johnny Carson because he was paramount at
introducing new comedians. I thought that Don Rickles was hilarious, and
anyone else that tore into their nationality. We take ourselves too
seriously sometimes. And in the words of my grandmammy, if the shoe fits,
then wear it. I wasn't saying that YOU didn't know what was funny, honey,
but when a bitten dog barks...........you shouldn't have felt the statement
was aimed directly at you. I was just surprised when you said what you did.
I know the cat part wasn't really what should be considered funny, it was
just the concept. Jeezus Krist on a biscuit!

And so what you're saying is that the innovative and ground breaking movie
that Mel Brookes did and poked fun at Germans, Jews, blacks, and prejudice
wasn't funny. Well one mans joke is another man's lawsuit for slander. It
won academy awards. And I liked it because I saw the dark humor of it. The
political correctness police tried to silence it but they were able to make
it exactly like they wanted to. The idea was to poke fun at every western
ever made, and to draw attention and poke fun at prejudice and bigotry
because it was the early 70's and you remember where we were and what was
happening in the county and world at that time........

I mean, who pokes fun at themselves more than Jews do? Unless it's George
Carlin who trashes everyone equally..........

> The one part I did laugh hysterically at was the farting. I also
> didn't laugh at the dead horse in Animal House and that was WAY before
> political correctness. So, please don't include the dislike of animal
> torture being funny for this example.

oh lordy...............yes, I wet myself at the farting. But I laughed at
the dead horse because it wasn't a REAL dead horse. Like those weren't real
horses being blown up in the scene of Blazing Saddles when they built a fake
town to fool the outlaws............holy shit. So I guess Howard Stern is
funny but visual humor isn't? Well to each his own. And I still love you
honey, that's what makes the world an interesting place, is all the
diversity of people.

I just hope the politikally correk poleece don't get the upper hand or
they'll shoot me in the streets without a blindfold for thinking warped
thoughts.
>
> >The Texas joke was a joke. Meant to be looked at humorously. Just
because
> >one person took the cat exploding in the car and responded in the way he
did
> >doesn't mean he even meant it. He's trying to get the responses from
those
> >who would be outraged.
>
> Huh?

"Doug" the troll responded back with "he he he look at the picture of the
nice kitty" which was his way of trying to get responses towards the idea of
real dead cats............sheesh.
>
> >I'm sure Tom never intended on getting flamed by a simple joke that ran
> >seven years ago.......................(I remember that joke vividly, I
> >laughed myself almost wet and it's still good)
>
> Who flamed him?
you didn't flame him as much as chastise him about the cat part. He didn't
write the joke., he was sharing it................

All I said was I thought it was good till I got to
> the cat part. I happen to be friends with Tom Kan Pa. Anyone who can
> call their grandson Mat The W is okay by me.

I would hope so! (feel free to step in here at any time
Tom................)
>>>>>>>>>>> snip snip snip...................

> So because I didn't laugh at that part I'm what?
You're Victoria, my gardening friend from the newsgroup who used to live in
New York and now lives in Texas. I never figured you were anything less or
more. You're also the woman who has kicked the shit out of a debilitating
disease. And you've looked death in his hollow face and laughed and cried
and won for this round. And I admire you for it. But don't think I'm
labeling you. Cos I ain't.

I am a Howard Stern
> fan for shit sake. I know how to laugh.

And I realize you do. Hell we've posted and laughed at quite a few things
over the last seven years...........untwist yer drawers honey, I ain't out
to bash you!

I'm also an animal lover and
> it definitely supercedes the "humor" about leaving a cat in a hot car
> till it explodes. It's not funny. Not to me. Sorry, but I think I'm
> being judged now, not the other way around.

nope. I'm an animal lover to the nth degree. I would never condone leaving a
cat in a hot car. The whole idea was damnit that the cat snuck into the car
unbeknownst to the guy, he went to work and at lunch break four hours later,
discovered the cat had snuck into the car and swelled up and exploded all
over his car. You've never had something crawl into your car unbeknownst to
you and die and stink the car to hell:???? I have. Had a squirrel to get
inside a van of ours and while we were farting around in the mall, died a
crispy death and we discovered it only after the smell began to really get
ripe. Nothing like it. The smell wasn't particularly funny, nor was the
squirrel dying in our closed up van funny, but I knew what this guy was
getting at by the accident of the cat being locked into a closed car in a
hot parking lot. You weren't laughing about the cat exploding as much as
you were laughing at the poor smuck's continuing bad luck and
experiences..............lordy lordy......................


now don't think I'm judging you. Cos it ain't what I do. I was defending
Tom............
maddie


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