Re: RE: RE: Re: Re: humor

2002-09-24 Thread Ian Murray
RE: [PEN-L:30527] RE: Re: Re: humor - Original Message - From: Devine, James To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:52 PM Subject: [PEN-L:30531] RE: RE: Re: Re: humor I sent the following message: >it's more likely that Joanna's browser is

RE: RE: Re: Re: humor

2002-09-24 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30527] RE: Re: Re: humor I sent the following message: >it's more likely that Joanna's browser isn't currently set up to read "newsgroups." Mine isn't either. < this appears in the archive of the listserver. but the following is wh

RE: Re: Re: humor

2002-09-24 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30525] Re: Re: humor it's more likely that Joanna's browser isn't currently set up to read "newsgroups." Mine isn't either. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message- > From: Doug Henwood [ma

Re: Re: Re: humor

2002-09-24 Thread ravi
Doug Henwood wrote: > joanna bujes wrote: > >>>Don't forget ! >>> >>Hey Doug. Netscape says it can't find it. Was THAT the joke? Well, >>too bad, cause this is my one and only chance to tell my Trotsky >>joke: > > Heavens no. I haven't visited it in ages.

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: humor

2001-03-30 Thread Doug Henwood
Louis Proyect wrote: >Actually, the character who inspired this thread--one Joe Queenan--is a >frequent guest on the Don Imus show, which along with the Howard Stern >show, encapsulates what's wrong with mainstream humor. Unlike the Marx >Brothers, Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, humor on these sho

Re: RE: Re: Re: humor

2001-03-30 Thread Louis Proyect
>I think it is more general than that. I have been in situations, some >dating back 20 years, some a lot more recent, where members of priveleged >groups (rich whites, male physicians, etc.) Told crude anti-black, >anti-semetic, anti-women jokes and if you didn't "go along" by laughing, the >resp

RE: Re: Re: humor

2001-03-30 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
I think it is more general than that. I have been in situations, some dating back 20 years, some a lot more recent, where members of priveleged groups (rich whites, male physicians, etc.) Told crude anti-black, anti-semetic, anti-women jokes and if you didn't "go along" by laughing, the response

Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Tim Bousquet
about it. > How many Virginians does it take to screw in a > light bulb? > Answer: Five. One to screw it in, and four to talk > about how > great the old bulb was > Barkley Rosser > - Original Message - > From: "Brown, Martin (NCI)" > <[EMAIL PROT

Re: RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
nt: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:27 PM Subject: [PEN-L:9758] RE: RE: Re: humor > Q: How many neoclassical economists does it take to screw in a light bulb? > > A: It would never get screwed in because the dark room exists and > therefore must be the result of market efficiency and

Re: Re: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
How many ants does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: Two, if they can get inside. Barkley Rosser - Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:02 PM Subject: [PEN-L:9752] Re: Re: humor > At 01:39 PM

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: [PEN-L:9763] Re: Re: RE: Re: humor > > > > > > >How many economists does it take to flog a joke about ligh

RE: Re: RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Eric Nilsson
At 02:27 PM 3/29/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Q: How many neoclassical economists > does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: The bulb would not have burned out in the first place if not for government regulation. Eric .

Re: Re: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Devine
> > >How many economists does it take to flog a joke about light bulbs into >oblivion? > >Ian at least it's not a pointless flame-war, though of course the latter would make screwing in the light bulb unnecessary. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Re: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: "Brown, Martin (NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: [PEN-L:9755] RE: Re: humor > How many quantum mechanics does it take to screw in the light bulb? > > One to screw it in at a probability of 95% a

Re: RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:27 PM 3/29/01 -0500, you wrote: >Q: How many neoclassical economists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: It's hard to tell, but one thing we know is that the government can't be trusted to do so! or: A: first we have to prove that the light bulb exists! Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
Q: How many neoclassical economists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: It would never get screwed in because the dark room exists and therefore must be the result of market efficiency and pareto optimality so there is no reason to screw in a light bulb; i.e. just accept the darknes

RE: RE: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
Correction. I meant the SAME one -Original Message- From: Brown, Martin (NCI) Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [PEN-L:9755] RE: Re: humor How many quantum mechanics does it take to screw in the light bulb? One to screw it in at a probability of

Re: Re: Re: humor

2001-03-29 Thread Doug Henwood
How many Teamsters does it take to change a light bulb? Thirteen. You have a problem with that?