I smiled on the inside. Does that count? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:02 AM Subject: RE: Keeping a family secret... until now
> It's one of those jokes you wait and wait and wait for, and the punchline > is > such an incredibly *stupid* pun that it makes you literally cringe, but > you > (hopefully) find it clever enough to tell someone else later on, after you > get the sour taste out of your mouth. > > I came up with the premise for this joke a few months ago, and the family > thought that: > > 1) People would have to know French history to understand it, but if they > were astute enough to have learned French history then they're probably > not > the kind of people who would find this funny, > > 2) That set of people would be further reduced to the subset that also > remembered the "Royale with cheese" line from Pulp Fiction, but the > world's > French history-loving, Pulp Fiction-watching crowd would probably fit into > our living room, and > > 3) That subset would then be reduced again to the one or two people on > earth > who would also know that "chi" is the Chinese term for "Life Force," and > finally, > > 4) Those two people wouldn't find the joke funny, either. > > I just thought, perhaps beyond all hope, that the CF Community crowd was > so > much more sophisticated that you would all hail it as the funniest and > most > clever joke you've ever heard in your entire lives. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
