[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Dear Abby

[Steve Alm]

Jim,

>From the North Star State to the Lone Star State: I used to be mad at you
for stealing our hockey team, but then my brother-in-law, Dave Tippett, was
hired as the head coach for the Stars.  8-)  I feel better now.  Too bad
about the lock-out.  http://www.dallasstars.com/stars/bio-tippett.jsp

Slim

On 10/29/04 1:06 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> It's not Bushes name sir....it's Texas. And yes, we can laugh at ourselves
> here, but it's beyond chiding to classify us as bucolic, perverted,
> parviscient,uneducated buffoons, even in a joke. Why promulgate vile jokes
> at all? Yea I know, just set my email filters...but then it eliminates
> other jokes with less inflammatory motives.
> 
> Ah well...maybe you won't get it anyway, it's kind of a "do unto others"
> thing. Now that I've said my piece, and expressed the indignation of a
> proud Lone Star citizen, I'll go back to my ivory tower and plan this
> weekends sail - We're looking at continued SSE winds here through Sun, then
> a turn towards the north, so I'm going to try and sail up to Port Mansfield
> (about 35 miles up the coast along the ICW) then back (remain over night
> there), and time it so I have favorable winds the whole way. Will leave
> Sun, and return Tue in order to cast my "vote".... I will feel more like
> grieving than celebrating regardless of outcome. It's the gospel from the
> coast
> 
> BTW that "boneheaded action" won Texas its eventual freedom and ultimate
> sovereignty from an oppressive dictatorship. Must we descend into bitter
> battle again?  Please, no pissing on the Alamo!
> 
> jw
> 
> "I have sworn to be a good Texan and that I will not forswear. I will die
> for that which I firmly believe, for I know it is just and right. One life
> is a small price for a cause so great. As I fought, so shall I be willing
> to die. I will never forsake Texas and her cause.
> -I am her son" -
> (Jose Antonio Navarro, upon being tortured by Gnl. Santa Ana as a "traitor"
> for his belief in freedom)
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:38 PM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>> You know, Jim, it's an amazing thing.  Vile jokes about Bill Clinton were
>> defended on this list by George Bush supporters with the same "It's just a
>> joke--get over it" mentality.  But now that these same jokes are told with
>> Bush's name in the punch line they are not funny, and an attempt to divide
>> the nation.
>> 
>> We had long discussions on this list about political jokes--I opposed
>> them.  The consensus was that any joke that is OK in a barroom is OK here.
>> 
>> It's just a joke.  Get over it.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> PS -- Seems to me Davy Crockett wasn't in Texas for very long before he
>> got involved in a bonehead military situation waiting for reinforcements
>> from Texas which never came, and met his untimely demise.  Whether he
>> rejoined his fellow Tennesseans in Hell is not recorded.
>> 
>> 
>> "Are You Safer Today Than You Were 4 Years Ago?"
>> 
>> www.QuoteWithoutComment.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jim White
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: Dear Abby
>> 
>> 
>> Gosh, we sure have descended into a pretty low place. I don't know if the
>> Texas references here are intentional, attempting to define the population
>> in a less-than average American manner, find no humor in this and simply
>> see it as a further attempt to divide a deeply divided nation. Was it you
>> who quoted Eldridge Cleaver (was he related to Theodore and Wally?): "if
>> you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem".....
>> 
>> jw
>> Jim White
>> Le Menagerie
>> 
>> "You all can go to hell....I'm going to Texas" - Davy Crockett
>> 
>> At 11:10 AM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>> Dear Abby,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas who has  recently been diagnosed
>>> as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort  Worth and one of my
>>> sisters, who lives in Pflugerville, is married to a  transvestite.
>>> 
>>> My father and mother have recently been arrested for
>>> growing and selling  marijuana. They are financially dependent on my
>>> other two sisters, who  are prostitutes in Dallas.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have two brothers, one  is currently serving a non-parole life sentence
>>> at Huntsville for the
>>> murder of a teenage boy  in 1994. My other brother is currently in jail
>>> awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three children.
>>> 
>>> I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in
>>> Longview,
>>> She is a part time "working girl." All  things considered, my  problem is
>>> this: I love my fiancé
>>> and look forward to bringing her into  the family.  I certainly want to be
>>> totally open and honest with her.
>>> 
>>> Should I tell her about my cousin who supports George Bush for President?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Signed,
>>> Worried About My Reputation
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Are You Safer Today Than You Were 4 Years Ago?"
>>> 
>>> www.QuoteWithoutComment.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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