[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Slim: Dear Crabby

Jim White jdwhite at utpa.edu
Fri Oct 29 17:47:21 EDT 2004 

Slim
Don't know...haven't seen any of them since the 70's. I used my fishing 
money (along with the GI bill) to go to college in Oregon (U of O). Flunked 
out after almost 2 years.but got an "A" in fly fishing addiction. Drifted 
back to Texas. Several degrees and lots of years later, here I am.
jw


At 04:32 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Jim,
>Nope.  Does he know me?
>Slim
>
>On 10/29/04 4:22 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:
>
> > Slim:
> > In another life, in the late 70's (after my own military experience), I
> > fished king crab in the Bering sea with a bunch of farm boys from Mankato.
> > The one I remember most was Bill Laraway. Know him?
> > jw
> >
> > At 04:18 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Jim,
> >> I grew up in Mankato - also a southern MN town and I've done a little fly
> >> fishing on the Root River near Houston.  Pretty area.  Didn't catch
> >> anything.
> >>
> >> There's a fairly substantial Latino population in Minneapolis but what I
> >> hear them play most is Salsa.  There are also a lot of Brazilians here 
> - one
> >> is our house guest as we speak - so I also hear a lot of Samba and Bossa
> >> Nova too.  Muinto Obrigado!
> >>
> >> Slim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/29/04 4:03 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Slim
> >>> I spent a very misspent portion (spring thru fall in 1972-1973 farmed
> >>> out....literally) of youth in a little town near Winona (Houston) My 
> cousin
> >>> (like a brother to me) still lives there. Might go up for Tgiving just to
> >>> give thanks for living in the tropics.
> >>>
> >>> Hey...we have a minor league hockey team down here, called the Hidalgo
> >>> Killer Bees...pretty well supported too. Does anyone up there do Mariachi
> >>> music?
> >>> Cheers
> >>> jw
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> At 02:51 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >>>> 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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