Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'

Willow ,'Get It Done'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Strega - Dec 08, 2006 1:34:15 pm PST #5198 of 10007

and picking it apart is just too easy -- nobody with any chops does too many fart jokes, for example, they're cheap. its like working blue, it's crap.

I disagree that blue humor is inherently cheap or something only bad comedians do.


Jesse - Dec 08, 2006 1:36:53 pm PST #5199 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Office shooting -- yikes.

Jesus -- 33.

Christopher Hitchens -- married with kid(s). (I can't actually speak to his gay-ness or lack thereof.)

I think that's all I've got.


sarameg - Dec 08, 2006 1:38:33 pm PST #5200 of 10007

Blearg. I'm reminded that I can only eat pizza sparingly. And of course, I ate one slice too many because I was STARVED. So now, 6 hours later, food sounds gross and I feel gross.

Ah well, if I get hungry late tonight I can make an omelet or something.


Jesse - Dec 08, 2006 1:41:59 pm PST #5201 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh yeah -- all of those earrings are cute, Kathy, and enough of a range to hit her exact taste.


Trudy Booth - Dec 08, 2006 1:43:07 pm PST #5202 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I disagree that blue humor is inherently cheap or something only bad comedians do.

Blue can be good, but so much of it is cheap. That's why I said too many fart jokes.

Good comedians can work blue and do good work and get laughs. Bad comedians can do bad work and get laughs because its dirty.

And its easy to go for the dick joke. It'll almost always work. It can certainly serve a purpose with a bad house or an off night, but without some additional layer of sophistication to the jokes it is cheap to let it become your whole act.


Jessica - Dec 08, 2006 1:45:16 pm PST #5203 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Isn't he gay?

In college, yes. Since he became a professional wingnut lapdog, no.

[eta: Or so I've heard, I should say, not knowing the man personally.]


Kathy A - Dec 08, 2006 1:53:55 pm PST #5204 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I'm less sure about the third. How old is your niece, again?

She's also 14 (or will be in March). I like the idea of Jingle Bell earrings, and I think that they might actually make noise, or at least I would hope so with that name. Looking at them, I'm pretty sure I see little mini-clappers in that picture.

Problem with looking at earrings on Amazon is that I picked out a few for myself, too! (These two, to be precise.)

ETA: Oooh, I just found the perfect bracelet for her, too! She's into music in a big way (plays cello and piano beautifully, and also sings), so this is perfect for her!


Topic!Cindy - Dec 08, 2006 2:37:44 pm PST #5205 of 10007
What is even happening?

In college, yes. Since he became a professional wingnut lapdog, no.
Huh. Gug.

Good comedians can work blue and do good work and get laughs. Bad comedians can do bad work and get laughs because its dirty.
Even good comedians do bad work and get laughs when/because it's dirty. I went to see Eddie Murphy on his "Raw" tour, back when I was in college. It was probably around 1987. His Delirious tour (of which I'd only heard a recording) was so funny (and not unblue, I don't think). But about halfway through the "Raw" gig, I realized an awful lot of my laughter that night was only shock-induced. I remembering wishing the epiphany had waited until it was over, because I was having a great time until it dawned on me.

Sometimes the blue is inherent to the funny. Sometimes it's just gratuitous (on top of genuine humor). Sometimes though, it is there in place of the funny. I can no longer remember Murphy's material from that night. I suspect the bits that felt like more shock-value laden than anything else (to me, that is), fell in the gratuitous category.


Topic!Cindy - Dec 08, 2006 2:41:32 pm PST #5206 of 10007
What is even happening?

cereal...

I hear from a mutual friend that Narrator is safe.


Strega - Dec 08, 2006 3:06:16 pm PST #5207 of 10007

That's why I said too many fart jokes.

But you just said it's crap, full stop, about working blue. That's why I disagreed. If you meant "when done badly and/or to excess," sure, but that's true of any kind of comedy.