That will be a fitting end.
Jenny won't agree though, because of her "prejudices".
:)
2008/10/22 Shahina KK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> So ,is it over friends?
> Anivar, Shall we announce Jenny 'MAN' of the match?
> shahina
>
>
> On 10/22/08, jenny rowena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> thanks for the admission :)
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM, James Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>
>>> There are good jokes and bad jokes.
>>> I admit. Did I say I laugh at all the jokes!
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/10/22 ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>> and it was bz of this affirmative action progrm that Kalpana Chaula
>>>> became one among them
>>>> another joke!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:51 PM, jenny rowena <
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is a recently circulating joke -
>>>>> please do laugh, you can't live without laughing, can you??
>>>>> am going, have better things to do,
>>>>> bye !
>>>>>
>>>>> *Manmohan Singh said to George Bush - "We are sending Indians to the
>>>>> moon next year".
>>>>>
>>>>> Bush - "Wow! How Many?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Manmohan Singh - "about 100 - and in the following order:
>>>>>
>>>>> 25 - OBC
>>>>>
>>>>> 25 - SC
>>>>>
>>>>> 20 - ST
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 - Handicapped
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 - Sports Persons
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 - Terrorist Affected
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 - Kashmiri Migrants
>>>>>
>>>>> 9 - Politicians
>>>>>
>>>>> and if possible
>>>>>
>>>>> 1 - Astronaut*
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:43 PM, James Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the admission.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2008/10/22 jenny rowena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I AM A VERY BORING, DULL, UNI-DIMENSIONAL PERSON
>>>>>>> I NO MORE LAUGH WHEN THE JOKE IS ON ME AND MINE -
>>>>>>> I HIT BACK, EITHER WITH WORDS OR MY HAND,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> lol
>>>>>>> jenny
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>> Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:35 PM, jenny rowena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL
>>>>>>>> PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But I don't agree with the idea there are only political jokes...
>>>>>>>>> There was a friend of mine in college, who made us laugh whenever he
>>>>>>>>> wanted
>>>>>>>>> irrespective of our political orientation... Those joke never
>>>>>>>>> remained in us
>>>>>>>>> for long time as well... Even his laughter made us laugh...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> Afthab Ellath
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Poleesukaran is that kakki kuppayam for me...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>> Afthab Ellath
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Shahina KK <
>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello, Afthab, so you are not disturbed by a 'pavam policukaran'
>>>>>>>>>>> being laughed at? Dare you to replace him with DGP?
>>>>>>>>>>> shahina
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/22/08, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jenny,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> even as I agree with you. may I ask you a few doubts:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Let us take any joke for that matter.. do you think it will only
>>>>>>>>>>>> communicate one dimensionally through all generations? I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> have a
>>>>>>>>>>>> example right now. what I mean a joke which served one peculiar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ideological
>>>>>>>>>>>> purpose in one time may can have directly opposing purpose in
>>>>>>>>>>>> another. In
>>>>>>>>>>>> the sense that one time power structure serving joke used in
>>>>>>>>>>>> altogether
>>>>>>>>>>>> different context may be challenging the power or any structure. I
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> have an example in this regard now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> {I am reminded not of a joke. But a poem. Kuthirakumbo by
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ayyappa Panicker. It was read by Harris as a politcal poem in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> emergency
>>>>>>>>>>>> context. Satchi mash reiterated this argument and Harris himself
>>>>>>>>>>>> challenged
>>>>>>>>>>>> it by reading it in altogether different dimension} .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ( Jenny, I will be happy if you this time would not call my
>>>>>>>>>>>> scrap as "academic poetry", Pls.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM, jenny rowena <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Friends,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Every joke, namboodiri, lower caste, or sexist has an
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ideological purpose..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So the problem is not with joking, the problem is with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ideology associated with jokes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ideologically i stand against hegemonic power structures..
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So i get lots of pleasure in making direct fun of these power
>>>>>>>>>>>>> structures.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (without using subalterns as scape goats)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me say from my memory one joke, which always makes me laugh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> especially in the context of what happens around.. in every
>>>>>>>>>>>>> field, including academics..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *This is from a Mimicry program. Here a man is asking
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kalabhavan Mani some questions in a job interview.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Man: 1995 America Bahiraakashathekku oru pattiye vittu. Athine
>>>>>>>>>>>>> patti ningalude abhipraayam??
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (In 1995, America sent a dog to space, what do you think of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it?)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kalabhavan Mani: Pokkividaan aalundenkil ethu pattikkum
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mukalil ethaam.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (If there is someone to help you up, any dog can reach the top)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> * *
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *I think this is a very political joke and is against dominant
>>>>>>>>>>>>> structures,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and does not hurt anyone but those who are in power...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> i can't stop laughing when i hear such jokes..
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it helps me vent my anger too ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there are many feminist jokes like this too-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> so the point is not about joking, but about the purposes which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a joke serves and who it hurts and uses...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> are we going to say we need not think about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then WHY do analysis, politics, cultural studies?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can't we just sit back and relax in various pleasure domes
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and keep on laughing even when the joke is on US???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> jenny
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Shahina KK <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what about 'Namboori phalitham' ? Is it politcally correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shahina
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/22/08, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As a project one can analyze all the presently available
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jokes and seek proscribing of all those caste-class prejudiced
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jokes and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supply a new collection of politically correct jokes..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think as a model definitely Stalin must have done this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> along with Zhadanov..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The consequences of an innocuous joke like Long Live Trotsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was a disaster in post- soviet union invaded Prague. I think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every one has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> read it!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or if this model is limiting, one can also look at the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> neo-peasantry model of POL POT where laughter itself was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> politically wrong!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Anil Tharayath Varghese <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> James not onle our class caste.... there are many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prejudices........
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when i come across a politically correct joke Ill post it ok
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first try laughing at one's self... this is a recommendation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 22, 2:43 pm, "damodar prasad" <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Is camera permitted inside Press Clubs.. I mean to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> very politically
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > sensitive pictures of toothless but radical *Pambs*... and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if with sound
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > bites. it would've been very interesting..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:01 PM, James Michael <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Jokes are almost always about our class-caste
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prejudices. Can anyone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > suggest a politically correct joke please?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Or is it that people can't joke in this part of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> world?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > 2008/10/22 jenny rowena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > exactly !!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> *when will we wake up to the class-caste prejudices
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that are deeply
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> embedded in our jokes, images and analysis ????
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> jenny
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Anil Tharayath
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Varghese <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> The "page 3" ones who sits and drink scotches and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vomit in their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> luxurious flushes is a luxury.....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> The representation is pathetic. Devika please do not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> translate and if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> at all do not exhibit the photos please......
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> On Oct 22, 12:32 pm, "ranju radha" <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > there are some other kinds of "snakes" who have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> national claim to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> THE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > SNAKE. but those fotos may not be available for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> circulation. It would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > very kind to organise a national excibition once THE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WE get those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> photos for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > circulation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> James Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> James Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> >>
>>
--
James Michael
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