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[Travis Newbury]

nah, doesn't bother me much, but I'm not the only one reading here
and these sort of "jokes" are a little distasteful. Growing up with
dyslexia was NOT nice, so, forgive me for being a little irritated
when someone thinks it's a funny subject!

But it IS a funny subject. Distasteful? Maybe, but funny none the
less. I feel a mini-rant coming on...

<mini-rant alt="**** it if you can't take a joke">
The reason it is funny is because it effects so many people. That's
what makes something funny. You must be able to relate to it in order
to find it humorus.

When Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet on her TV show and
anounced she was gay it opened a huge door for the type of humor they
could use on the show. Or so they thought. Ellen could now openly
include gay humor. However, her show's demographics were not made up
of Gay people. Her audience was your average middle class family.
The audience was relating to Ellen's _Social Class_ based humor and
not her _Sexuality_ humor.

When they made the switch from social class based humor to gay humor
the audience could no longer realter to the humor, it was no longer
funny to them, and they looked elsewhere for their tv humor. Ellen
then went off the air.

If you can not personally relate, it is not funny. This is also why a
fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it. There is
not a human alive that does not have a funny fart joke, that makes
everyone laugh when ever they tell it.
</mini-rant>

So in reality the fact that someone jokes about something, no matter
how they make fun of it, is actually showing the subject respect
because everyone that laughs can relate to what they are laughing at.

Whoa, no more for me...

 

[Travis Newbury]

Sorry if it caused you or others offence. (No, I don't 'pick on'
disabilities. This one just came up, genre joke, puns and ...
anyway, who am I to defend it?).

Oh please tell me you didn't really write that. A dignity angel has
just died...

 

[rf]

On Jul 5, 9:33 am, SpaceGirl <[email protected]> wrote:

This is also why a
fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it.

Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because it's
funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?






<grin/>

 

[Travis Newbury]

Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because it's
funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?

Actually I like farting in a lift...

 

[rf]

Actually I like farting in a lift...

Only works if {people in lift} > 2.

 

[Travis Newbury]

Only works if {people in lift} > 2.

I laugh at my own jokes...

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit Neredbojias:

Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been
up to her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.

Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested in the
sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from his or her
first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively, people can jump
into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with -a to be female.

And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we use a
logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic bastard
called "English".

 

[Rob Waaijenberg]

Jukka K. Korpela schreef:

Scripsit Neredbojias:


Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we
use a logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic
bastard called "English".

But: do we know if a Martian 'she' is the same as a human 'she'?

And while we're on this subject: can Martians catch a cold?

Rob

 

[Neredbojias]

Scripsit Neredbojias:


Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

Not so much by the pseudonym but by the content and wording of the
plentiful postings she has left on the newsgroup do I know that dorayme
is a female. It's a virtual certainty. Simply put, men and women
personally-communicate in distinct manners, and an astute, observant
individual, like a good cryptologist, can discern many things from just
perusing the text. Of course, one may emulate a member of the opposite
sex in an attempt at deception, but such ruses are usually fault-ridden
and unveiled in no overlong amount of time.

As to why you would care, I do not know. Perhaps you were affected by
her palpable plaintiveness or cherubic chutpah.

This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested
in the sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from
his or her first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively,
people can jump into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with
-a to be female.

I don't entirely disagree with your judgment here and for years used my
real name when posting online. However, there is a place for nicknames
if they are not overwhelmingly abused, and I doubt that anyone would
consider "Neredbojias" a skirt. Additionally, many names such as "Bret",
"Bobby", "Chris", "Drew", "Jamie", "Lee", "Leslie", "Pat",
"Xoloitzquintle", and "Sue" will not provide much of a clue in
determining the sex of the so-named individual.

And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we
use a logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic
bastard called "English".

Some sexual differentiation exists in any language. Still, I metely
concur with the latter part of your "rantetta" and am very glad that us
Americans had the wherewithall to rectify such means of verbal
intercourse as we inherited from the promulgating gibbering island
nation.

 

[dorayme]

I feel a mini-rant coming on...

<mini-rant alt="**** it if you can't take a joke">
The reason it is funny is because it effects so many people. That's
what makes so ....
If you can not personally relate, it is not funny. This is also why a
fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it. There is
not a human alive that does not have a funny fart joke, can relate to what they are laughing at.

Whoa, no more for me...

O Travis, this is an html/css technical group, please close your
mini-rants; use </mini-rant>. Supply a url if needed and continue
to bottom post.

I really do not like the types of jokes you refer to as I think
they are a bit common, I have pretensions and mean to keep them.

<http://dorayme.150m.com/jokes/gardenParty.html>

 

[dorayme]

Oh please tell me you didn't really write that. A dignity angel has
just died...

I meant it as a courtesy to a spacer travelling lady who has been
a guest to my home planet. I knew it would cause you pain Travis.
But it is a sort of pain that will have no lasting effect, a
cringe with embarrassment on behalf of someone sort of pain. You
will not need to go to a shrink to be rid of your pain. You will
do what I do in such a case: have a stiff scotch.

 

[dorayme]

I laugh at my own jokes...

I think there is a more disgusting reason.

 

[dorayme]

Scripsit Neredbojias:


Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested in the
sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from his or her
first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively, people can jump
into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with -a to be female.

.... but... but... my name ends in an "e". Where does that leave
my sexuality?

 

[dorayme]

Not so much by the pseudonym but by the content and wording of the
plentiful postings she has left on the newsgroup do I know that dorayme
is a female. It's a virtual certainty. Simply put, men and women
personally-communicate in distinct manners, and an astute, observant
individual, like a good cryptologist, can discern many things from just
perusing the text. Of course, one may emulate a member of the opposite
sex in an attempt at deception, but such ruses are usually fault-ridden
and unveiled in no overlong amount of time.

What a load of coswallop, Boji! I have never emulated any such
thing, nor struck any kind of sexual pose that is not inherent in
my nature. There is no "personal-communications" concept; for
starters, it does not have a hyphen in it. And you are astute,
observant and somewhat like a good cryptologist? I was going to
go and read the headlines, have a nice breakfast in the winter
sun on my front porch but I have now decided I am in no fit state
to hold a spoon, my body being too gripped by paroxysms of
laughter.

Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
the neatest method...

 

[Ed Mullen]

Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
the neatest method...

I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.

 

[dorayme]

I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.

I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):

http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5

There are finesses but that will do for now.

Nothing frightening at all.

(A bit OT I guess is this:

Notice how, a little surprisingly, the numbers appear in an
unordered list? This was a typo which I left in ... should be
<ol>. It comes about because the li items are given
list-style-type instructions.)

 

[Neredbojias]

What a load of coswallop, Boji! I have never emulated any such
thing, nor struck any kind of sexual pose that is not inherent in
my nature. There is no "personal-communications" concept; for
starters, it does not have a hyphen in it. And you are astute,
observant and somewhat like a good cryptologist? I was going to
go and read the headlines, have a nice breakfast in the winter
sun on my front porch but I have now decided I am in no fit state
to hold a spoon, my body being too gripped by paroxysms of
laughter.

I stand by my original statement. And I suggest you read it again. I
never said you emulated anything nor "struck" a sexual pose.
Furthermore, "personally-communicate" is not the same entity as
"personal communications".

Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
the neatest method...

Yogurt is just a bunch of little bugs.

 

[dorayme]

I stand by my original statement. And I suggest you read it again. I
never said you emulated anything

Relax, Boji, you know how upset you get. I was just pulling your
chain. <g>

 

[Ben C]

I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):

http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5

Why not use proper milk instead of powdered/skimmed?

There are finesses but that will do for now.

Nothing frightening at all.

The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
species.

 

[dorayme]

Why not use proper milk instead of powdered/skimmed?

Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
(no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.

The other reason is this: ever boiled up milk? It is full of
dangers, you have to watch it like a hawk, it sticks to the pan
and there is actual washing up! The thing about my latest
discovery, is zero washing up.. Powdered makes it simple because
you just boil the water as for a cup of tea.

The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
species.

This is what I used to do and it does not work well. Sure it is
fine for the 2nd batch but trouble strikes soon enough.
Contamination! You hoe into the yogurt day after day and soon it
will get degraded and pass on off cultures... Here is a
refinement: if you don't buy just a special culture, buy most
(not all) any yogurt and put a good bit of it or all of it in a
very clean or best a sterilised jar and use this as a store only
for making yogurt, being very careful to use priste sterilised or
very clean spoon to mine its content form time to time.

.... refinement from auntie dorayme's kitchen. Enjoy.