I don’t post a “lot” on this site, it kinda goes in cycles. On one thread about adding steam emissions when an engines whistle goes off I replied and idea about automatic ejecting of the little plastic engineers in the cab in the case of a crash. I hope I did not offend anyone. But I’m hoping we can be funny here and there, or at least try to. Besides trains are for fun, right?
I’m working on turn table where the track with the train stays stationary and my house turns.
How about suicidal cows that jump out in front of trains as they approach?
I think the train manufactures should quit making stuff we don’t need and make something we could all use…boxes that become invisible when the wife gets home! Think of how much you could store in the living room, the kitchen, anywhere in the house. Lets go guys…start making invisible boxes!
Jim H
Rotsa’ ruck, Boyd.
It’s not that there isn’t any humor, it’s just that very few seem to “get” it – unless it’s about “grits” or “Yankee treachery.” It’s not limited to this forum either. At the competition’s site someone called “cubbie” wrote a satirical post that was clearly designed to lampoon all the bickering that is going on about the Hogwarts set, and one member apparently took it seriously and posted a point-by-point rebuttal. Tough crowd, to say the very least!
So, here’s a “modest proposal.” I believe that all the bickering and backbiting would disappear almost instantly if each member were required to sign his full name, address and phone number to each of his posts. Verification would be required once a year via income tax returns. Oh yes, there will always be a few who’d want to meet you in the parking lot to duke it out, but for the most part civility would soon be restored.
I realize that many of you will find this notion none too swift* so I doubt that it will catch on; but there it is, for everyone to ponder.
- Congratulations to anyone who got the “swift” gag. The world needs more of your kind.
John Kerry and I think that’s an excellent idea.
As this thread has shown, being humorous in print can be difficult. One reason for all the different “smiley faces” is to try and help out the printed word, so that people at least know you were trying to be humorous. Personally, I enjoy the humor of some of these threads and encourage you to keep doing it, even if it isn’t always successful.
Enjoy
Paul
I intend to, Paul.
The “John Kerry” allusion is interesting, and frankly one that I had not thought of. Perhaps if I had capitalized “A Modest Proposal” and “Swift” it would have been less subtle.
Sometime back I posted a “Gilda Radner” type of rant, which contained no less than six absolutely preposterous assertions. However, I never got to add “Never mind!” because the powers-that-be trashed the post before more than a very few members ever got a chance to read it. Several people, most of whom could not possibly have actually read it, immediately jumped all over my bones. Dr. John, one of the cooler heads, suggested greater use of smiley faces and the like, so I tried it and have kept trying it – as recently as yesterday. Didn’t work. Once I posted two smilies and the word “joke” next to one of my absurdities – and still got pounded by several folks who took it seriously. So thanks for trying, Dr. J, but I guess it’s a question of knowing your audience. On the other hand, if you tailor humor so that everyone in the world gets it, what you end up with is a Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie – yuck!
Do I ever encounter humor that I goes over my head? All the time, but I don’t demand the author’s head – or worse – on a platter.
I don’t mind that some folks don’t understand all of my gags, but I am saddened that so many are so willing to break out the tar-and-feathers on short notice. Not to mention the rail – which, come to think of it, is relatively appropriate on a train forum. [:)][:)][:)]
Speaking of the good Dr. John, here’s one that he might appreciate, even if he has heard it a thousand times. Can anyone tell me why the Biblical phrase “You are Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church…” is funny? Hint: it involves absolutely nothing evil or mean-spirited about or against anyone’s faith or religion. It’s a play-on-words. Is this revelation* new to anyone?
*No, it’s not from the Book of Revelations. I knew that.
Wrong kind of rail . . . .
[:o)]
Well said.
And on a more serious note; researchers have now determined that Miss South Carolina’s recent performance in the Miss Teen USA competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
was directly attributable to a lifetime exposure to grits.
Just kidding Chief. Look, three smiley faces. [:)] [:)] [:)]
pallalin,
True enough, but I felt compelled to insert something train-related into the post; hence the play-on-words. But enough of this.
I think Dr. John had a very good point when he said: “Right place, wrong time.”
And if you don’t get that one, consider my handle!
Thats the one thing I like about this site is it’s like a see/saw. We joke about stuff and then are at each others throat about stuff. Yet we go to the nuetral corner the Coffee Pot and are friends no matter what. I never take anything personal or try to intentionaly hurt anyone ethier. Unless you are a English teacher because I have the most horrorbal spelling and grammer. But no ones said anything.
WOW! Sumpin’ clogged that mind!
Kurt
Kurt,
Do you really think she gets asked out on dates because of her mind? [:-^]
Wise Man say; “A picture is worth a thousand words, A Corvair is worth a million jokes.”[;)][;)][:P][:P][:o)] Yes,Virginia. There is humor on this site.[;)][:P][:o)] Take Care.
DJSpanky wrote, in a very faint itty-bitty font:
“… consider my handle!”
I assure you sir, that I have absolutely no interest in your handle, or in any other portion of your anatomy. [:)]