Me: > > I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who > > share my tastes.
Ann > I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be > "very funny people".> I was speaking about specific lurker people who happen to be very funny. We enjoy each others humor like this. I enjoy their humor, that is why I characterized them as funny. I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a feather flocking together' theory.--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > I wasn't sure there was anything to say to this and maybe there isn't. But > I'll start a response here and see where it goes - with me and with you. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking > > > > up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. > > > > > > > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience. > > > > > > > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. > > > > > > Dear Curtis, > > > Playful it was not. > > > > Like I said not my audience. To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was > > nothing but playful. This conversation is not playful. > > Nope, not yet it isn't. It could become so, who knows? But in giving you some > feedback about how I felt about what you thought was extremely funny and > playful I was not feeling or looking to be so. I was simply letting you know > that I didn't find the little segment funny. I didn't attack you or call into > question your manliness or human beingness or intelligence or comment on your > looks or your art. I just responded to your post. > > And without a doubt there are people who "enjoy this kind of humor" and find > it nothing but "playful". There are also those who find fart jokes, ethnic > humor and bigotry funny. Everything can be funny to someone. The fact that I > didn't laugh or smile while reading it says more about me than you, so you > can relax. > > > > < I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if > > there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a > > musical chord).> > > > > I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was > > referring to, as a courtesy to you. > > Courteous Curtis. Thank you, but the music wasn't part of the content of the > joke, or, if it was could you show me where because obviously other than the > title referring to a chord, I didn't see any references to music. But then I > didn't get your pianist joke either. > > > > < I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't > > always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the > > hardest, I wonder.> > > > > I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who > > share my tastes. > > I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be > "very funny people". I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a > feather flocking together' theory. > > > > < One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and > > all that.> > > > > I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. > > Where? I heard it wasn't a body but a man ascending. But then, maybe I read > the wrong Wikipedia version. I'll do a little more investigating. > > > > > > I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't > > enjoy my humor. > > Why not? I know you are secure in your confidence that you are a funny man. I > didn't realize you didn't want feedback on what you throw out here, in fact, > I understood differently. Maybe it is just that you don't like to get > feedback when it is not positive or reinforcing, I don't know. But in the > future, if I can, I will applaud you for the things I like and stay > respectfully silent after reading the things I don't. > > >Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in > concepts like "what sort of audience". > > > > Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you > > don't listen to blues music. The feedback isn't going to change my > > preferences. I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my > > tastes will too. > > Undoubtedly you did and they have. What made you think I was trying to change > your mind on how you felt about what you wrote? That maybe I wanted a > confession or three Hail Mary's? You do take these things to heart, and it > did bother you but that was not my intention. Carry on, I know you like an > audience. That is what we do here, we all want some sort of audience but not > everybody wants feedback that doesn't reinforce what they put out there. > > > > This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt. > > This is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their > > way to be offended. > > Curtis, it is not about anybody getting hurt. It is not about being uptight > or conservative. I simply found your Easter "message" had exactly the same > tone as your Christmas "message" and I didn't find that wonderful either. > Comedy is an amazing outlet for all sorts of things however, I will say that. > > > > Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an > > idea of what floats your boat in humor. > > Nah, Barry might stick his finger up my ass and push that stick up a little > further if I were to reveal anything that intimate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out > > > > > > "Dad's" career path for him. > > > > > > > > > > > > "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection > > > > > > and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do > > > > > > we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it > > > > > > till they invent the guillotine?" > > > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and > > > > > > it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended > > > > > > some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on > > > > > > dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been > > > > > > considered." > > > > > > > > > > > > "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche." > > > > > > > > > > > > "WHAT was that you said?" > > > > > > > > > > > > "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush." > > > > > > > > > > > > "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest > > > > > > creations." > > > > > > > > > > > > "Dumbass" > > > > > > > > > > > > "What?" > > > > > > > > > > > > "I said real class dad." > > > > > > > > > > > > "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent." > > > > > > > > > > Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we > > > > > can watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your > > > > > smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking > > > > > about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to > > > > > give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have > > > > > endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. > > > > > I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe > > > > > I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
