LOL..several different responses with superficial variations to the same post by Joe confirm that you are not off-base here.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > As you continue to talk to yourself Barry, I can't help but think how difficult it is for you to attempt a post these days. I imagine inside your head: > > "Hmmm, let's see I'll start out by mentioning Judy's post...no, dammmit, I have said before I don't read her stuff...Did I say I never read Sparaig's stuff? Don't remember...I'll play it safe, and refer to "these people". Then Jim will know...oh shit, I have publicly said I don't read his stuff too...wait, there's Rory. I've mentioned I *hardly ever* read his stuff. so that gives me an out and I can mention him by name and no one can accuse me of lying, those vampire attention seekers...and then raunchydog and Willy...oh wait, shit, foiled again...they are also on my publicly don't read/privately eat-it-up-with-a-spoon list...Hmmmm...got it!...I can claim again I don't give a shit, and that is my perfect out: I DON'T CARE...I'll write it in caps and that will really show daddy...er, I mean FFL...". > > And that's all before the first sentence is composed...A real three ring mental circus! :-) > > Note: for all of those offended in advance, my thoughts above are mine alone and any resemblance to real persons dead or alive is purely coincidental. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" turquoiseb@ wrote: > > > > One of the aspects of politically-incorrect humor > > that the politically-correct will never get is the > > usefulness of "inappropriate humor" in determining > > who, among the people one finds oneself working or > > living with, is actually *worth* associating with. > > > > All one has to do to tell the difference is "push > > the envelope" a little. Tell a joke that pokes fun > > at things most in the environment are too guru-whipped > > to poke fun at. Do something that "breaks the rules," > > but in a way that only a fool would make an issue > > of it, because to do so would be to reveal them > > as the fools they are. > > > > Do this enough times, and you are able to suss out > > who in your environment is worthy of hanging with > > (in the sense of "potential friends") and who is > > just there in the environment taking up space and > > not really worth bothering with overmuch. > > > > There are times when I think that Jerry put up > > with my antics because he was a closet "button > > pusher" himself, but his position in the movement > > didn't allow him to act it out the way he would > > have if he just hadn't given a shit. > > > > There is a certain freedom in not giving a shit. > > >
