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Old 04-30-2009, 11:20 AM   #121
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I still think Pshrynk has a point.

Q: What's big and gray and comes in quarts?
A: An elephant.

Like the first joke it is just a play on words, but way more funny.
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Old 04-30-2009, 11:30 AM   #122
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I still think Pshrynk has a point.

Q: What's big and gray and comes in quarts?
A: An elephant.

Like the first joke it is just a play on words, but way more funny.

You try squeezing an elephant into a quart pot without causing it any pain .....
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Old 04-30-2009, 03:25 PM   #125
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Old 04-30-2009, 03:27 PM   #126
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The play on words is on the word "come".
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Old 04-30-2009, 07:18 PM   #127
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The play on words is on the word "come".
So the sexual spelling of the word is somehow in bad taste?

I'm still fascinated by Brian W. Adiss's novel, "The Dark Light Years," about a race of beings that worships its feces.

Talk about the crap hitting the fan! That novel caused a stir in '64 or '65.

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Old 04-30-2009, 07:54 PM   #128
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Old 05-03-2009, 04:32 AM   #129
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Two quotes from Heinlein.
Very wise words indeed.
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Old 05-03-2009, 10:11 AM   #130
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Two quotes from Heinlein.
"Stranger in a Strange Land"

Very Excellent Book.

It's scifi written in a tongue in cheek style with profound philosophical views on culture from a few decades ago. Heinlein peers a the human being with intelligence and analysis and seizes on a reality that transcends fashions, the roots of existence.
The story in itself is symplistic but a fantastic basis for an uninterested judgement of humanity. The only failure to me is a certain sexist view that somehow fades when the eyes are from the martian protagonist.

I recommend this book even to people who abhore scifi.
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"Stranger in a Strange Land"

Very Excellent Book.

It's scifi written in a tongue in cheek style with profound philosophical views on culture from a few decades ago. Heinlein peers a the human being with intelligence and analysis and seizes on a reality that transcends fashions, the roots of existence.
The story in itself is symplistic but a fantastic basis for an uninterested judgement of humanity. The only failure to me is a certain sexist view that somehow fades when the eyes are from the martian protagonist.

I recommend this book even to people who abhore scifi.

seconded ...
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Old 05-03-2009, 10:45 AM   #132
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I don't find the quotations very insightful.

I disagree.
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"Stranger in a Strange Land"

Very Excellent Book.

It's scifi written in a tongue in cheek style with profound philosophical views on culture from a few decades ago. Heinlein peers a the human being with intelligence and analysis and seizes on a reality that transcends fashions, the roots of existence.
The story in itself is symplistic but a fantastic basis for an uninterested judgement of humanity. The only failure to me is a certain sexist view that somehow fades when the eyes are from the martian protagonist.

I recommend this book even to people who abhore scifi.
And I recently re-read this book thanks to it being available in an E-Book edition. I now have a permanent copy -- assuming that all my hard drives, my Kindle, and Amazon.com don't have a simultaneous melt-down.
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So: Getting back to our topic, please, on what constitutes "bad" taste in humor.

We've already encountered some lively discussion and thought-provoking responses.


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So: Getting back to our topic, please, on what constitutes "bad" taste in humor.

We've already encountered some lively discussion and thought-provoking responses.


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our off-topic comments have obviously been in 'bad taste' ....
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