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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>>>>> James Michael
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>> James Michael
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