Hi, all.
There's been some comment lately on the 'flavor' of the humor that has been
posted, per local custom, on Fridays. It's certainly traditional for the
old geezers to expose the young whippersnappers to a community's assorted
wisdom / state of mind in the form of bawdy jokes, rude jests, and off-color
tales, and I am all in favor of continuing the Friday jokes.
But as no one has come up with a truly _new_ joke about sex or toilet
behavior for at least 4,000 years (with the arguable exception of one that
involves a certain advancement in robotics), it behooves us to pick the best
joke available when we wish to share one with other mail list members. In
this internet age, probably everyone has seen the same readily-available
jokes a dozen times; they lose their effect.
While it's true that occasionally a jest can only make its point through the
selective application of one or more 'dirty words,' _excessive_ use of these
'dirty words' merely detracts from whatever humor might otherwise be
present. While tastes do vary, good manners are a constant, and we, as the
classy caretakers of cantankerous cars (or is that cantankerous caretakers
of classy cars?), should display good manners in the joke department.
Mark Rosenbaum Pittsburg CA 74 JH 16371
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