Here's a dad joke that I've told at Friam a couple of times apologies to any reader who heard it from me:
Thor was gathering wood for a fire when his wife ran out and screamed, "There's a saber toothed tiger in the cave with mother!". Thor says, "Who cares what happens to a saber toothed tiger?" Some have said that it's a misogynist joke. I think it's equally down putting of both genders. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 9:42 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, David. I was beginning to think I had blotted some copy-book I > didn’t even know existed. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West > *Sent:* Thursday, June 4, 2020 6:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] FW: Thread bender > > > > read it and laughed. Not sure why joke was not understood. There is an > entire category of humor "Dad Jokes" and this fits in quite well. > > davew > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, at 11:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I note that NOBODY on the list admits to having read this post. > > > > But nobody has written to suggest I see a psychiatrist. > > > > And certainly nobody has seen that it’s a metaphor for thread-bending. > > > > Oh, well. > > > > Nick > > > > PS: My wife suggests that it’s just in bad taste. > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2020 12:16 PM > > *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > [email protected]> > > *Subject:* Thread bender > > > > All – > > > > Your discussion of the Santa Fe Plaza riots – 13 dead, 27 wounded -- for > some reason reminded me of the following. Since I could think of no > connection between the two, I did NOT append it to the thread. See, I am > learning. > > > > Though my father told few jokes, he told them frequently, and we kids > always urged him to tell them even more, because they made absolutely no > sense, what so ever. I guess we thought at each new telling that this > would be the time we would finally get the joke. Here’s one of my > favorites, best attached to some historical conversation and told in a > deep, sonorous, reflective tone, as if voicing a documentary. > > > > As you know, when George Washington was fighting the battle of Valley > Forge, he was often billeted in the homes of local farmers, hence the fact > that all over south eastern Pennsylvania, old houses are decorated with > signs that say, “George Washington Slept Here.” Now on this particular > occasion, dinner had been consumed and the general was standing by the > open fire, puffing on his pipe, when he happened to espy a large cat, > dozing on the hearth. Without hesitation, Washington strode across the > hearth and kicked the living daylights out of the cat. Awed by this > display, the master of the house inquired, “General Washington, why did you > kick that cat?” Now, as you know, Washington was idolized by the citizens > and thought to be a man of great wisdom, so the family gathered around, > ready to hear what the great man said. He said (and I quote): > > > > *I always kick a cat when I get a chance because, whenever I want to kick > a cat, there’s never a cat around to kick.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > > > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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