[Industrialblog,
May 23, 2005]
'Told you no one cared about 40 million Muslims'
Interesting article on the death of The Joke.
I must admit I rush through jokes, tell them as if I'm apologizing for telling a joke, and try to get to the punchline quickly. Because joke-telling is a lost art; I'm not good at. But I am good at passing on a joke.
And speaking of one-liners. My friend John said something that nearly made me crash the car. It's impossible to recreate the situation, but here goes a try: Four of us are driving to see ROTS in my new car and I've got Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues on the CD. It's a song we all like, and we're kind of into it, and a guy in the back seat is singing along in a baritone. Anyway, during the guitar break in the middle, which goes on for a little bit, John comes out with the following question, asked earnestly, "This is the part where they actually kick shit, isn't it?"
I nearly crashed the car.
I must admit I rush through jokes, tell them as if I'm apologizing for telling a joke, and try to get to the punchline quickly. Because joke-telling is a lost art; I'm not good at. But I am good at passing on a joke.
And speaking of one-liners. My friend John said something that nearly made me crash the car. It's impossible to recreate the situation, but here goes a try: Four of us are driving to see ROTS in my new car and I've got Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues on the CD. It's a song we all like, and we're kind of into it, and a guy in the back seat is singing along in a baritone. Anyway, during the guitar break in the middle, which goes on for a little bit, John comes out with the following question, asked earnestly, "This is the part where they actually kick shit, isn't it?"
I nearly crashed the car.
So ... never underestimate the danger of jokes.