Canine blasters .... nyuk, nyuk
Tyler Nally (tnally@iquest.net)
Sat, 23 May 1998 10:49:04 -0500
At 06:19 AM 5/23/98 -0000, Sis Anneliese wrote:
>| #include <std.disclaimer.daNally's.don't.own.a.dog>
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>| My dog has to take these pills. She has something wrong with her
>| gastrointestinal tract.
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>I was just wondering....perhaps these discaimers would not be necessary if
>accredation was given to these jokes in the first place? :)
To me..... when I see *credits* interspersed amongst the articles....
it's more of a distraction from the humor contained therein.
>Remember the mix up we had before? :) Just a thought.
>I'd like to read more jokes like this...but I have no idea
>where you get them from.
>From various sources. Last week, I found a couple more joke lists
that serve jokes.... one is even a ministry of sorts (they tend to
keep them cleaner than most). One joke list I'm subscribed to hardly
ever gets jokes forwarded on because the content goes over he boundary
of acceptable on a christian e-mailing list or is just too borderline.
Basically, the reason why I do the disclaimers is becaaaaaaaaauuuuuse,
there's been times I've cut-n-pasted other nyuk, nyuk's and not-so-nyuk's
that have been so moving .... that people think I'm somewhere near the
center of the piece written (or have had some involvement) when all I'm
doing is passing the humor or article along.
For instance, there was a post a while back about .... hmmmm..... here,
lemme find it for ya'll....
-------------------------included post from the past-----------------------
http://www.elilabs.com/upc/net/higher-fire/10-97/archive/0384.html
Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son
asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is
good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank
you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and
justice for all! Amen!"
Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby I heard a
woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today
don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice-cream! Why, I
never!"
Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it
wrong? is God mad at me?" As I held him and assured him that he had
done a terrific job and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly
gentleman approached the table. He winked at my son and said, "I
happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer." "Really?" my
son asked. "Cross my heart." Then in theatrical whisper he added
(indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too
bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for
the soul sometimes."
Naturally, I bought my kid's ice cream at the end of the meal. My son
stared at his for a moment and then did something I will remember the
rest of my life. He picked up his sundae and without a word walked
over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told
her, "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes
and my soul is good already."
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After I had posted this last October, there were comments by folk on
the list that "I should be mighty proud of my son" and "How fortunate
I was to have a son like that", etc. When it comes right down to it,
I don't have a son. What occupies my household besides myself are
two daughters, a spouse, and too many cats.
It's not a bad thing to have a son (like above) claimed as one of the
arrows in my quiver. But, it was a couple of posts later that things
finally got straightened out. Normally, a nyuk-nyuk post doesn't draw
much other discussion so to see it go beyond the original post is kinda
a rarity (other then when derogatory language slips by my scanning of
the article - then there's h-e-doubletoothpicks to pay).
Disclaimers are there so as folk don't get the wrong *idea* (I guess
it's more preventive maintenance than anything) when reading the
humor or article.
Bro Tyler
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