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ORIGINAL: Rockhopper

I love cats.

I just can't finish a whole one.

Two points awarded!

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Rockhopper

I love cats.

I just can't finish a whole one.

Sure your real name isn't Alf?[:)] Suppose not, Alf would merely view a single cat as a light snack.[:D]

Alfred

[spellir74]

ORIGINAL: Zap

Not funny. Cruel joke for animal lovers lovers

[spellir74]

Rockhopper

I love cats.

I just can't finish a whole one.

lol

[Jevhaddah_Slitherine]

We have 4 cats a dog and a 49 yo tortoise all of whom are fully paid up members of the family. I do not condone cruelty in any form but my time served in the Police Force and Royal Navy helped to ... erm... expand my sense of humour.[8D]

The jokes above are no more cruel to ACTUAL animals than a Tom and Jerry cartoon on the telly or in a comic.

If someone uses cartoons or jokes as an excuse for torturing anyone or anything then it's obvious that they have issues far deeper than cartoon violence or animal jokes and should seek help.


I do'nt know how it is for others who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of their country, but for me some of the humour was very dark indeed and was in itself a way to relieve preasure or stress.

Sorry for the ramble. but I try to see the sense of the ridiculous in most things [:)]

When in port or close to shore when seagulls are flying overhead take one piece of bread dipped in mustard, throw it into the air and time who long it stays up in the sky.[:D]

Great fun and no person or animal is hurt in the experiment

Cheers

Jev

Edited for spelin ken [8D]

[warspite1]

When my elder brother came home on leave halfway through his basic training at HMS Raleigh he brought a present for his younger brother - the pressie was a book' by the name of "101 uses for a dead cat". I recall one of the uses being a pencil sharpener (can you guess where the pencil went?) [;)].

I no longer have the book but I recall that at the time it was very funny. Oddly enough, here I am thirty years later and even though I read that book many times, I have never felt the urge in all that time to act cruelly to any animal and certainly not to any cat....... [8|]

If we carry on going as we are (and I suspect the UK is not alone in this madness), it will soon be a criminal offence to laugh at anything and we will all live in fear of being reported to the hate crime police for daring to tell a joke. Meanwhile, the person making the complaint can be so "distressed" and "upset" that they can then claim thousands in com-pen-say-shun [&:].

Please, people get a grip!

Rant Over....

[Arctic Blast]

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah

We have 4 cats a dog and a 49 yo tortoise all of whom are fully paid up members of the family. I do not condone cruelty in any form but my time served in the Police Force and Royal Navy helped to ... erm... expand my sense of humour.[8D]

The jokes above are no more cruel to ACTUAL animals than a Tom and Jerry cartoon on the telly or in a comic.

If someone uses cartoons or jokes as an excuse for torturing anyone or anything then it's obvious that they have issues far deeper than cartoon violence or animal jokes and should seek help.


I do'nt know how it is for others who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of their country, but for me some of the humour was very dark indeed and was in itself a way to relieve preasure or stress.

Sorry for the ramble. but I try to see the sense of the ridiculous in most things [:)]

When in port or close to shore when seagulls are flying overhead take one piece of bread dipped in mustard, throw it into the air and time who long it stays up in the sky.[:D]

Great fun and no person or animal is hurt in the experiment

Cheers

Jev

Edited for spelin ken [8D]

49? How long does a tortoise live?

[Jevhaddah_Slitherine]

I think she will live for at least another 50 years. She is quite a handful when she stomps off around the house. The cats use her as a pillow and she burrows into them by the coal fire [:D]

Cheers

Jev

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah


When in port or close to shore when seagulls are flying overhead take one piece of bread dipped in mustard, throw it into the air and time who long it stays up in the sky.[:D]

We used to tie a long piece of fishing line to an apple core and the other end to a styrofoam cup. When the bird, (sea gulls) grabbed the core it would take off before all it's buddies would try and swoop in and steal it. After about 50 feet of flying it would realize that ther cup was following it and go into some super turbo evasive maneuvers which were really fun to watch. Eventually it would panic and drop the apple core and the fun would start all over again when another one would pick it up.

[Prince of Eckmühl]

This thread raises some interesting questions involving peoples' sensibilities.

There's a perfectly moronic television series that airs in the USA that's called "America's Funniest Home Videos." Many of the incidents involve a mishap of some sort, a nasty fall, for instance. I've never been able to watch more than a few minutes of it. My reaction is always, "that's not *******" funny, not one bit." What I'm processing is the reality that the mishap (or prank) is a hairs-width away from producing paralysis, brain-damage or death in "the butt of the joke." Of course, such an outcome couldn't be presented on network television as entertainment, so it would have to air on cable. This is a good thing. People who watch cable-TV invariably have better senses of humor than other folks. Hey, wasn't "Jackass" a cable program?

[ilovestrategy]

Seeing these people get over sensitive about a joke reminds me of when I was at work a few years ago in December I told someone Merry Christmas. A little while later the main secretary approached me and said "Merry Christmas" was not to be said because it might be offensive to some people. After that I went on a Merry Christmas crusade and told it to EVERYONE at work.

One of the teachers(I work in the school district) came up to me, gave me a hug and said thank you because she was too scared to say it for fear of being jumped on.

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]

[Prince of Eckmühl]

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]

A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]

[Anthropoid]

ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]

A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]

Question about the marvel of the English language . . .

There is a great word in English for saying something but not meaning it: hypocritical.

But I have yet to find a word that labels the "excessive sensitivity" behavior that you guys are describing.

Being on a college campus in the land of hippy-dippy Woodstock land, I find I am pretty frequent witness to "excessive sensitivity" but I still don't have a quick and facile word to refer to it. Any help?

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

So for you people being offended, get a freaking life. [8|]

A case of ruffled sensibilities if ever I've witnessed it. [;)]

Question about the marvel of the English language . . .

There is a great word in English for saying something but not meaning it: hypocritical.

But I have yet to find a word that labels the "excessive sensitivity" behavior that you guys are describing.

Being on a college campus in the land of hippy-dippy Woodstock land, I find I am pretty frequent witness to "excessive sensitivity" but I still don't have a quick and facile word to refer to it. Any help?

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.

Warspite1

Interesting thought Anthropoid. I guess its difficult because first you have to understand why people think like that. I must say that there is probably two main reasons I can think of:

- Someone genuinely having NO sense of humour [:(]
- Someone actually finding a comment funny or amusing but feeling it necessary to show how much they CARE by exhibiting a faux disgust

I think the former is genuinely a sad condition, while the latter needs a really needs the right word found for it [;)].

[Prince of Eckmühl]

ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.

Ever read The World According to Garp? In the text, the author (John Irving) draws on the words of Horace Walpole, "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." I guess the rub comes in when there's disagreement as to whether one of us is reacting emotionally or rationally. A century ago, I suspect that the continuum between the extremes was somewhat narrower than it is today, but that's largely irrelevant to the discussion. And, as Irving put it, "in regard to what's comic and what's tragic, the world is all mixed up. For this reason I have never understood why "serious" and "funny" are thought to be opposites. It is simply a truthful contradiction to me that people's problems are often funny and that the people are often and nonetheless sad." Good for him. That's the way that life is, I think, funny and sad.

[CV2]

A person with no ethnic, political, or religious affiliation walks into a non-gender specific bar and doesn't order a drink because that would alienate alcoholics and says to the bartender: "you can't tell a joke anymore because someone will become offended". "That offends me" says the bartender. The End.

[Anthropoid]

ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

Personally, I thought the joke was kind've funny, though I'd happily beat the tar out of anyone who would ever actually do that to a cat, or any living thing for that matter. I don't think it is possible for jokes to remain 100% realistic and still be funny.

Ever read The World According to Garp? In the text, the author (John Irving) draws on the words of Horace Walpole, "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." I guess the rub comes in when there's disagreement as to whether one of us is reacting emotionally or rationally. A century ago, I suspect that the continuum between the extremes was somewhat narrower than it is today, but that's largely irrelevant to the discussion. And, as Irving put it, "in regard to what's comic and what's tragic, the world is all mixed up. For this reason I have never understood why "serious" and "funny" are thought to be opposites. It is simply a truthful contradiction to me that people's problems are often funny and that the people are often and nonetheless sad." Good for him. That's the way that life is, I think, funny and sad.

Very good quote, thanks for that [:D]

My wife raises an intereting question though: If life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, then what is it for people who do both?

I'm thinking satire?

[Prince of Eckmühl]

ORIGINAL: Anthropoid

My wife raises an intereting question though: If life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, then what is it for people who do both?

I'm thinking satire?

I'm thinking conflicted.[;)]

As Irving suggested in his book, mores regarding what's deserving of a chuckle, or an outright guffaw, have never been more difficult to discern.

In a world where no one is supposed to judge anyone else, isn't the ultimate cruelty to laugh at the misfortune of another? Why, how dare anyone do so? But, I have to caution our readers, here, that the standards used by the little nazees of the world to establish what qualifies as civil discourse appear to be 100% situational and no less self-serving.

There's a class of people in the world that have come to look upon humor as an intellectual chainsaw, a tool for eviscerating people with whom they may disagree. If they heap scorn and ridicule on some other class, its because they perceive others as bigoted in some manner, and therefore worthy of scorn. But, hey, we're not supposed to judge others, right?

Again, in the words of the character Garp: "I am ashamed, however, that you think I am laughing at people, or making fun of them. I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them."

In the context of the novel, the comment is made in response to a scathing rebuke that Garp, a fictitious author, receives from an amateur critic who questions the writers sense of humor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/romasita/247553751/ His rejoinder includes a nice animal story which everyone should enjoy. [:)]

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah


When in port or close to shore when seagulls are flying overhead take one piece of bread dipped in mustard, throw it into the air and time who long it stays up in the sky.[:D]

We used to tie a long piece of fishing line to an apple core and the other end to a styrofoam cup. When the bird, (sea gulls) grabbed the core it would take off before all it's buddies would try and swoop in and steal it. After about 50 feet of flying it would realize that ther cup was following it and go into some super turbo evasive maneuvers which were really fun to watch. Eventually it would panic and drop the apple core and the fun would start all over again when another one would pick it up.

I recall my father doing something almost exactly like that with his wife's cat. Except he tied a helium balloon to one of it's hind legs and put him outside. When he started walking the balloon would come down and hit him in the ass, so he'd start running away from it which would make it 'attack' him even more. Vicious circle. He ended up running for his life, I think perhaps four laps around the house, before he tried running up a tree. That fat cat made it halfway up the trunk and stopped because he was exhausted.. eventually started slowly peeling off the tree because he didn't have the strength to hang on anymore. [:D]

[Anguille]

Now, this is getting really weird 
 
This thread may have starded with a joke (not funny) but in the end, the truth is that there are millions of people who enjoy torturing animals and think "hey that's fun" while it's actually sick.