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A musician in India set a world record for drumming 324 consecutive hours. In addition, he subsequently set the world record for beatings from his neighbors.
Paris Hilton was at the Kentucky Derby. Now we know the truth behind why the favorite, I Want Revenge, was scratched. He had a rough night with Paris.
On Sunday the Chicago Cubs retired # 31 of great pitchers Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddox. That’s nice, normally the only 31 the Cubs retire are the possible playoff days in October.
In Los Angeles, David Hasselhof had to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. He is fine now and resting comfortably eating a cheeseburger off the floor.
Joe Biden advised people not to fly to avoid the swine flu and the airlines are furious. In fact, United placed Joe on both their no fly list and their no hair plugs list.
New York has an outbreak of Raccoon Roundworm. New York has had a raccoon infestation go unchecked because New Yorkers just thought Raccoons were rats wearing bandit masks.
Since you asked:
RIP Dom. Sadly, I can't think of Dom without hearing that annoying faux high affected too-cutesy laugh of Burt Reynolds.
What do Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Dick Cheney, Gloria Allred, and Bernie Madoff all have in common? They all have/had little or no discernible sense of humor.
Anyone with a pulse qualifies as a judge of comedy. That's fair. Something either strikes you as funny or it doesn't. People who have laughed well their whole lives and have enjoyed making others laugh fully understand this. If somebody doesn't like a joke or get the joke, no big deal. Comedy is like baseball, you bat .300% and you are in the Hall of Fame.
The harshest and angriest critics of humor never got that concept. These people see a sense of humor as a vast inside joke conspiracy that others never let them in on, and they are pissed about it. Imagine not being able to enjoy music or good food and drink? That is what it must be like to grow up humorless, and that is why they turn out to be so bitter. Not to mention sadistic and ruthless.
Everyone says; "I've got a good sense of humor" but many, many people don't. I've heard Hillary Clinton say that a million times, but I truly do not believe, off camera, Hillary Clinton has a sense of humor at all. Hell there are world famous successful comedians who don't have a sense of humor anymore. They take themselves too seriously and, in so doing, have lost their once brilliant sense of humor. Rosie O'Donnell, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy just to name three.
So when bitter humorless people see a joke they don't like, they get pissed off. Funny people understand that some jokes hit and some miss. Humorless people don't get that and they lash out the most and get offended by jokes they don't feel are funny. Or especially if it offends their politically correct sensibility. Devout religious or political beliefs have killed more comedy than anything I can think of. Just think Jeanine Garafulo.
Take the legacy of John F. Kennedy. Without his incredible wit and laughter he would only be remembered as a spoiled know-it-all pretty boy who, with the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam and his weak confrontations with USSR's Krushchev and our labor unions, messed up just about everything he touched as President. But instead, also due to his style, grace and charm, he is beloved and revered.
So when an alleged comedy critic gets all up in my bidness about how much my jokes suck and or upset them, I don't get mad, I feel sorry for them. Imagine going through life with the invisible handicap of being humorless? Imagine taking yourself so damn seriously you not only can't laugh at yourself, you get furious at those who can? No, these people should not be hated, they should be pitied.
Unless, of course, they're French. Then screw 'em.
A musician in India set a world record for drumming 324 consecutive hours. In addition, he subsequently set the world record for beatings from his neighbors.
Paris Hilton was at the Kentucky Derby. Now we know the truth behind why the favorite, I Want Revenge, was scratched. He had a rough night with Paris.
On Sunday the Chicago Cubs retired # 31 of great pitchers Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddox. That’s nice, normally the only 31 the Cubs retire are the possible playoff days in October.
In Los Angeles, David Hasselhof had to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. He is fine now and resting comfortably eating a cheeseburger off the floor.
Joe Biden advised people not to fly to avoid the swine flu and the airlines are furious. In fact, United placed Joe on both their no fly list and their no hair plugs list.
New York has an outbreak of Raccoon Roundworm. New York has had a raccoon infestation go unchecked because New Yorkers just thought Raccoons were rats wearing bandit masks.
Since you asked:
RIP Dom. Sadly, I can't think of Dom without hearing that annoying faux high affected too-cutesy laugh of Burt Reynolds.
What do Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Dick Cheney, Gloria Allred, and Bernie Madoff all have in common? They all have/had little or no discernible sense of humor.
Anyone with a pulse qualifies as a judge of comedy. That's fair. Something either strikes you as funny or it doesn't. People who have laughed well their whole lives and have enjoyed making others laugh fully understand this. If somebody doesn't like a joke or get the joke, no big deal. Comedy is like baseball, you bat .300% and you are in the Hall of Fame.
The harshest and angriest critics of humor never got that concept. These people see a sense of humor as a vast inside joke conspiracy that others never let them in on, and they are pissed about it. Imagine not being able to enjoy music or good food and drink? That is what it must be like to grow up humorless, and that is why they turn out to be so bitter. Not to mention sadistic and ruthless.
Everyone says; "I've got a good sense of humor" but many, many people don't. I've heard Hillary Clinton say that a million times, but I truly do not believe, off camera, Hillary Clinton has a sense of humor at all. Hell there are world famous successful comedians who don't have a sense of humor anymore. They take themselves too seriously and, in so doing, have lost their once brilliant sense of humor. Rosie O'Donnell, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy just to name three.
So when bitter humorless people see a joke they don't like, they get pissed off. Funny people understand that some jokes hit and some miss. Humorless people don't get that and they lash out the most and get offended by jokes they don't feel are funny. Or especially if it offends their politically correct sensibility. Devout religious or political beliefs have killed more comedy than anything I can think of. Just think Jeanine Garafulo.
Take the legacy of John F. Kennedy. Without his incredible wit and laughter he would only be remembered as a spoiled know-it-all pretty boy who, with the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam and his weak confrontations with USSR's Krushchev and our labor unions, messed up just about everything he touched as President. But instead, also due to his style, grace and charm, he is beloved and revered.
So when an alleged comedy critic gets all up in my bidness about how much my jokes suck and or upset them, I don't get mad, I feel sorry for them. Imagine going through life with the invisible handicap of being humorless? Imagine taking yourself so damn seriously you not only can't laugh at yourself, you get furious at those who can? No, these people should not be hated, they should be pitied.
Unless, of course, they're French. Then screw 'em.
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