Humor - what's so funny?
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Re: Humor - what's so funny?
For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930's and '40's. Before there were interstates when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs with white letters.
Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.
A man, a miss,
A car, a curve.
He kissed the miss,
And missed the curve.
Burma Shave
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR
Burma Shave
TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP.
Burma Shave
SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE.
Burma Shave
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT.
Burma Shave
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING.
Burma Shave
BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND A LITTLE MORE STEER.
Burma Shave
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS HOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT.
Burma Shave
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE.
Burma Shave
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU.
Burma Shave
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPING
Burma Shave
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY.
Burma Shave
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE.
Burma Shave
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING.
Burma Shave
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW.
Burma Shave
Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.
A man, a miss,
A car, a curve.
He kissed the miss,
And missed the curve.
Burma Shave
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR
Burma Shave
TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP.
Burma Shave
SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE.
Burma Shave
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT.
Burma Shave
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING.
Burma Shave
BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND A LITTLE MORE STEER.
Burma Shave
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS HOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT.
Burma Shave
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE.
Burma Shave
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU.
Burma Shave
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPING
Burma Shave
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY.
Burma Shave
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE.
Burma Shave
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING.
Burma Shave
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW.
Burma Shave
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I've been ignoring nearly the entire story but this royal headline jumped put at me.
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Twitter is blocked on my computer. Can you guys do screenshots or link to a different site (not fb; it's also blocked) - or if the links are also on tiktok, my computer can go to that?
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I tried to screenshot the cartoon, but it only copied the site.Silver Pie wrote: ↑January 12th, 2023, 7:51 pm Twitter is blocked on my computer. Can you guys do screenshots or link to a different site (not fb; it's also blocked) - or if the links are also on tiktok, my computer can go to that?
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The difference between this and the current fashion is that Klinger was doing this to look insane, so he would be taken off active duty.
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Thanks for trying.Lizzy60 wrote: ↑January 12th, 2023, 7:53 pmI tried to screenshot the cartoon, but it only copied the site.Silver Pie wrote: ↑January 12th, 2023, 7:51 pm Twitter is blocked on my computer. Can you guys do screenshots or link to a different site (not fb; it's also blocked) - or if the links are also on tiktok, my computer can go to that?
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- Niemand
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Science is not a monolith either.
If someone claims "science says", they are wrong on many occasions.
Claiming "scientists say" is equally dubious. Specify which ones and where.
(I saw an advertisement saying "midwives recommend the Covid vaccination"... same question! Which ones? I know for a fact it's not all of them.)
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Who needs fridge magnets when you can have personal magnetism injected into you?
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BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news #MLKWeekend #MLKDay2023
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
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That's the dumbest statue I ever saw. Couldn't even tell what it was so I checked Google for a better view. Still makes no sense. Maybe my skin is the wrong color to get it.Wondering Wendy wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:37 pm BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news #MLKWeekend #MLKDay2023
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
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I doubt most black people could make much of that either.Fred wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:57 pmThat's the dumbest statue I ever saw. Couldn't even tell what it was so I checked Google for a better view. Still makes no sense. Maybe my skin is the wrong color to get it.Wondering Wendy wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:37 pm BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news #MLKWeekend #MLKDay2023
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
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For what it's worth it reminds me of the 1980s version of the Thing when they did it up frozen from the ice.
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I read it in one of my old issues of Tinfoil Hat Weekly that communists promoted art that was unbalanced, inharmonious, and puzzling as a means to beat down human spirit and make people lose hope.
I don't know about the communists. But I always felt modern art was something like the Emperor's new clothes where smart and sophisticated people understand it, so if you criticize it, you must be dumb and unsophisticated.
I don't know about the communists. But I always felt modern art was something like the Emperor's new clothes where smart and sophisticated people understand it, so if you criticize it, you must be dumb and unsophisticated.
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It looks like a creepy Salvador Dali pieceFred wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:57 pmThat's the dumbest statue I ever saw. Couldn't even tell what it was so I checked Google for a better view. Still makes no sense. Maybe my skin is the wrong color to get it.Wondering Wendy wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:37 pm BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news #MLKWeekend #MLKDay2023
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
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The philanderer Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King...The 20-foot-high and 40-foot-wide bronze sculpture depicts the hands and arms of the couple in an embrace and is the first new monument in the public park in decades. It is a work by Embrace Boston, a racial and economic justice activist group. Yes, get rid of historical figures for stuff like this..Fred wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:57 pmThat's the dumbest statue I ever saw. Couldn't even tell what it was so I checked Google for a better view. Still makes no sense. Maybe my skin is the wrong color to get it.Wondering Wendy wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 6:37 pm BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news #MLKWeekend #MLKDay2023
https://twitter.com/AmakaUbakaTV/status ... 2180998145
Just go see it. And then read the comments.
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Not that you needed to know that, but there it is.
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Ten million dollars. They are not even recognizable, except by body parts. It's likely that those are not even an accurate representation. It's important because of the price we paid. Completely missing is the price HE paid. Forget about equal rights, it's about hugging your wife.
But the blacks are happy. And one black guy got rich. His wife will probably hug him over it.
But the blacks are happy. And one black guy got rich. His wife will probably hug him over it.
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I think it's beautiful.
A large turd lovenly held up to the viewer as an offering for a hug.
It encapsulates the essence of the cerebral leanings of our lords and masters longings and pretensions to the highest levels of human desires and potential.
All hail.
Say it three times.
Your mileage may vary.
After all.
It is art.
Right?
I for one welcome our omoronocon overlords.
I like to laugh.
Sir H
A large turd lovenly held up to the viewer as an offering for a hug.
It encapsulates the essence of the cerebral leanings of our lords and masters longings and pretensions to the highest levels of human desires and potential.
All hail.
Say it three times.
Your mileage may vary.
After all.
It is art.
Right?
I for one welcome our omoronocon overlords.
I like to laugh.
Sir H
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Theodor Adorno promoted the idea of dissonance in music as a means of promoting dissatisfaction with capitalism.tribrac wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 7:54 pm I read it in one of my old issues of Tinfoil Hat Weekly that communists promoted art that was unbalanced, inharmonious, and puzzling as a means to beat down human spirit and make people lose hope.
I don't know about the communists. But I always felt modern art was something like the Emperor's new clothes where smart and sophisticated people understand it, so if you criticize it, you must be dumb and unsophisticated.
I think it's like anything else with art, a matter of personal taste. I like some modern art but not all of it. Just go with whatever you appreciate.But I always felt modern art was something like the Emperor's new clothes where smart and sophisticated people understand it, so if you criticize it, you must be dumb and unsophisticated.
I went to see a Jackson Pollock exhibition, which many folk would describe as just splattered paint. I sincerely enjoyed it. It's questionable how much skill went into it, right enough, but it did do something for me, and not just because someone told me so. Some stuff does little for me.