Re: Herb & Me

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn Grant) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > But there are no harmless jokes, Shawn.  Get serious.
> > 
> 
> Yes there are harmless jokes. That doesn't mean it won't offend some
> people. Everything offends some people and you can't worry about that.
> Going on SAA and saying I have to leave my home due to a train
> derailment that is spreading toxic fumes hurt no one. It is 110%
> harmless. Some may ask how is that joke funny? Well the key to it was
> the sentence I can't troll for a few days. Anyone who has a brain knew
> instantly that was a joke. So the humor comes in seeing others being
> tricked even with a dumb line I can't troll for a few days. Some
> conducted detailed investigations to find out my location and analyze
> the wind speed and direction to see if the toxic would effect me. It
> was very very funny watching coke bottle thick glasses wearing greeks
> do way over serious crap over an obvious joke. I got fan mail and
> still get fan mail from people who got the joke and enjoyed watching
> the geeks as I did. It was great fun and I am still proud of the joke.
> People need to get in touch with reality and stop being offended by
> everything.
> 
> I listen to a radio show called Mancow every morning. One morning it
> was announced that Ozzy Osborne died. I am a huge fan of Ozzy. When I
> heard that I became upset and even broke down in tears. Next day I
> learned it was a joke. Instead of acting like Herb York and 99% of
> SAAers by getting upset and bent out of shape. I relized it was a
> joke. As such no harm caused and I got it and laughted my ass off.
> Moral of the story is don't get serious or you will be offended by
> everything and never enjoy life. Oh the Ozzy joke was far worse taste
> then mine. Ozzy involved death where as mine envolved an over night
> stay in a motel room. Both were still funny.
> 
> Get serious hell no. I get up and go to work, pay bills (which offends
> me more then any joke) eat, pee and sleep. Humor is the spice of life.
> Without humor life isn't worth living and I might as well take a gun
> and blow my brains out.
> 
> Bottom line a joke on saa has nothing to do with astromart.

The thing about Ozzy might have been a joke, but it was a cruel and
tasteless joke.  And probably not funny.  I did not see your joke
about the train, but if it caused people to be concerned about you,
you probably shouldn't have done it.

But that's no reason to ban you from Astromart, especially if you
later said you did not mean any harm and regreted causing anyone to
worry.  (Maybe you did, I don't know.)

Now if I told a joke about a train wreck, it would have had several
tankers of creamed corn, which engulfed my house, forcing me to eat my
way out.