Re: OT: Safe Riddles

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:18:20 -0500, keith wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:38:29 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:05:13 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "tadchem" <tadchemNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:TvGdnc6gHPWZgkXcRVn-jA@comcast.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Rhyanon" <pissoff@uberbitch.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:10tg01l1rmbag2e@corp.supernews.com...
>>>> > That's kinda funny, for some odd reason. I guess it's so
>>>> > unexpected.....
>>>>
>>>> The 'unexpected' is the essence of humor. That and pain.
>>>>
>>>> The two main tools of humor are surprise, pain, and insult.
>>>>
>>>> No, wait! That's three!
>>>>
>>>> The three main tools of humor are surprise, pain, and insult. And
>>> indignity!
>>>>
>>>> No, wait again! That's four!
>>>>
>>>> Among the *main* tools of humor are surprise, pain, insult, and
>>>> indignity.
>>>>
>>>> <No one laughs at the Spanish Inquisition>
>>>
>>> Shit you not, my 12 year old daughter decided that is to be her
>>> Halloween costume this year. Yes, they begin planning these things this
>>> early....
>>
>> She's going to dress as "The Spanish Inquisition"????
>
> What? ...not scarry enough fo you? Perhaps Rummy would be more your
> style?
>
> Were that the case, I'd invite her in for a drink!

Uh, yeah. Tell the FBI we said hello. :)

Clifford Heath <no@spam.please> writes:

> keith wrote:
> >>Cuteness
> >>Meanness
> >>Bizarreness
> >>Recognizability
> >>Naughtiness
> >>Cleverness.
> > I'd say that without more than a bit of "recognizability" the rest don't
> > matter. Humor is all about making the ordinary look extraordinary.
>
> Au contraire. Humor, as with art and music, exists to challenge
> prediction.

Which is why no great comedian has _ever_ had a catchphrase

I'll get me coat...

Phil
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keith wrote:

>She's going to dress as "The Spanish Inquisition"????
>
>
> What? ...not scarry enough fo you?

Richard Scarry I assume, I don't remember his cuddly Spanish Inquisition
animals book. But tell your daughter not to forget the comfy cushion.

Paul Burke

No, but I read your post anyway.


"Pig Bladder" <pigbladder@neodruid.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.03.20.41.28.161910@neodruid.net.. .
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:04:29 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
>
> > I don't bother to adjust my posts for morons too stupid to know what's
being
> > discussed, you inbred, father fucking, whoreson.
>
> Then I guess it's not necessary to read the posts of ignorami who use
> obscenities to express their profound stupidity and arrogance.
> --
> The Pig Bladder From Uranus, Still Waiting for
> Some Hot Babe to Ask What My Favorite Planet Is.

"Rich Grise" <richgrise@example.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.03.20.43.22.116965@example.net...
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:05:13 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
>
> >
> > "tadchem" <tadchemNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:TvGdnc6gHPWZgkXcRVn-jA@comcast.com...
> >>
> >> "Rhyanon" <pissoff@uberbitch.com> wrote in message
> >> news:10tg01l1rmbag2e@corp.supernews.com...
> >> > That's kinda funny, for some odd reason. I guess it's so
unexpected.....
> >>
> >> The 'unexpected' is the essence of humor. That and pain.
> >>
> >> The two main tools of humor are surprise, pain, and insult.
> >>
> >> No, wait! That's three!
> >>
> >> The three main tools of humor are surprise, pain, and insult. And
> > indignity!
> >>
> >> No, wait again! That's four!
> >>
> >> Among the *main* tools of humor are surprise, pain, insult, and
indignity.
> >>
> >> <No one laughs at the Spanish Inquisition>
> >
> > Shit you not, my 12 year old daughter decided that is to be her
Halloween
> > costume this year. Yes, they begin planning these things this early....
>
> She's going to dress as "The Spanish Inquisition"????
>

As Michael Palin's Inquisitor. This past Halloween she was a Blues Brother.

> Thanks,
> Rich
>

"Paul Burke" <paul@scazon.com> wrote in message
news:33v80vF44apgcU4@individual.net...
> keith wrote:
>
> >She's going to dress as "The Spanish Inquisition"????
> >
> >
> > What? ...not scarry enough fo you?
>
> Richard Scarry I assume, I don't remember his cuddly Spanish Inquisition
> animals book. But tell your daughter not to forget the comfy cushion.
>

Yeah! I grabbed up her Mooshi pillow the other day and demanded her other
sister "CONFESS!"
>;D
> Paul Burke

In article <pan.2005.01.03.20.41.28.161910@neodruid.net>,
pigbladder@neodruid.net (Pig Bladder) writes:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:04:29 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
>
>> I don't bother to adjust my posts for morons too stupid to know
>> what's being discussed, you inbred, father fucking, whoreson.
>
> Then I guess it's not necessary to read the posts of ignorami who use
> obscenities to express their profound stupidity and arrogance.

Not to mention top-posting.

"Father rapers, sitting on the bench right next to me!"
-- Arlo Guthrie

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Top posting rocks; one can conveniently folow up a reply, at least for
someone actually has the mental acumen to keep track of what's being said.
Easier to top post without scrolling through five hundred lines of rehash.
Oh, and it riles anal retentive dipshits, as an added bonus. You know what
else I like to do? Add LOTS of sigs.

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"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <pan.2005.01.03.20.41.28.161910@neodruid.net>,
> pigbladder@neodruid.net (Pig Bladder) writes:
>
> > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:04:29 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
> >
> >> I don't bother to adjust my posts for morons too stupid to know
> >> what's being discussed, you inbred, father fucking, whoreson.
> >
> > Then I guess it's not necessary to read the posts of ignorami who use
> > obscenities to express their profound stupidity and arrogance.
>
> Not to mention top-posting.
>
> "Father rapers, sitting on the bench right next to me!"
> -- Arlo Guthrie
>
> --
> /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs)
> \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way.
> X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855.
> / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
>

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:06:32 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:

> Top posting rocks; one can conveniently folow up a reply, at least for
> someone actually has the mental acumen to keep track of what's being said.

Convenient != appropriate.

> Easier to top post without scrolling through five hundred lines of
> rehash.

Failure to trim quoted material is the real problem, and bottom posting
is not much better than top posting (especially when combined with
failure to trim). Interleaving replies amongst trimmed material is
appropriate.

> Oh, and it riles anal retentive dipshits, as an added bonus. You
> know what else I like to do? Add LOTS of sigs.

Yeah, yeah. Followup set.

Ed Murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:06:32 -0600, Rhyanon wrote:
>
>
>>Top posting rocks; one can conveniently folow up a reply, at least for
>>someone actually has the mental acumen to keep track of what's being said.
>
> Convenient != appropriate.

You need to justify bottom posting with something. If all other things
are equal, and top posting is more convenient, then it is necessarily
more appropriate.

>>Easier to top post without scrolling through five hundred lines of
>>rehash.
>
> Failure to trim quoted material is the real problem, and bottom posting
> is not much better than top posting (especially when combined with
> failure to trim).

it is easier to trim quoted material with top posting over that of
bottom posting. That's another advantage it has. With top posting, it
get's muddied trying to look through the attributions so that there is
only a certain depth of quoted material. With top posting, the
attribution is directly above the material quoted from that message, so
it's very easy to trim.

> Interleaving replies amongst trimmed material is
> appropriate.

It is only appropriate because most posters (myself included) are lazy,
and prefer interleaving to creating multiple posts in response.