Quote from: Pica Pica on July 17, 2008, 04:12:23 PM
bit of a tangent,

Is it possible to have a tangent in the Thread Drift thread?

I caught part of a public TV program about Jewish Americans last night. The program noted that more comedians are Jewish than would be expected given our numbers. They explained that by saying that the people you meet are less likely to beat you up if you keep them laughing. So Jews learn humor, especially self-deprecating humor, as a defense mechanism.

Remembering the thread on mild-mannered androgyne (which some also called a defense mechanism) and the remarks others have made on the high density of humor in this forum, I had an ah-hah moment. Of course, some of our humor is rather dense or, at least, heavy handed.

Good night all,
S

if androgynes are defending and jewish people are defending... god save us from jewish androgynes.

Hi Pica Pica, nice to see you again, I got the shivers over that one, Jewishandrogyn's, what planet do they come from. Did someone open a window?

Hi  Jaimey, adults are boring.

Cindy

Quote from: Lisbeth on July 18, 2008, 07:46:28 PM

Quote from: Pica Pica on July 17, 2008, 04:12:23 PM
bit of a tangent,

Is it possible to have a tangent in the Thread Drift thread?

I think we need a separate "Tangent in the Thread Drifts, and the peeps who love them" thread  >

Quote from: Pica Pica on July 19, 2008, 01:32:27 AM
god save us from jewish androgynes.

Hmmmm, there's at least two of us here that I know of Shall we take over the androgyne forum?  > I'm tired of Hollywood 

Z

Quote from: cindybc on July 19, 2008, 01:43:05 AM
I got the shivers over that one

Good shivers or bad shivers?  >

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Hi  Jaimey, adults are boring.

Indeed.  heh...I just couldn't help myself though, when Reb mentioned being touched.  The same thing happened when we were watching "Gotham Knight" (before Dark Knight...which was AWESOME!...like I haven't said that a million times)...Batman touches a kids shoulder and we're all giggling madly saying things like "I need an adult" and "he touched me in a bad place"...we're twisted human beings. 

Hi  Jaimey, naaaa, were OK it's the rest of the world who are twisted human beings. And sometimes I wonder if they maybe both deaf and close sighted. That conjure up Mr Magoo with his magnifying glass.

As for Jewishandrogyn's, well on second thought. why not there are probably Jewish transsexuals or even Muslim transsexuals. Transgendered doesnt realy discriminated as to who it chooses, or what and where  it chooses for candidates.

I realy wouldn't want the job of being  the judge on that one. Me I'm just another one among the peasants.

Cindy

No one would be interested in my perversions. They suck.

Someday I'm going to see the Dark Knight. It's about time people started respecting The Batman. 


I wrote a story once where Batman goes insane and kills his dry cleaner because the dry cleaner put too much starch in him and robin's capes and when they jumped off of a bridge to catch a guy, they flew in circles over Gotham River for hours eventually landing in the water which is heavily polluted. He was pissed.

They let batman wear his costume in prison because they thought it might help his mental rehabilitation. Robin came to visit a few times but stopped because batman wouldn't stop complaining about the Joker, who was in the cell next to his.

I think the reason that so huge a % of people in comedy are either Jewish or Catholic is the same reason that as PhDs they have number far in excess of the general population and somewhere in there is the difference in growing up in something that is ritual based and not faith based.

Quote from: tekla on July 20, 2008, 10:07:14 AM
I think the reason that so huge a % of people in comedy are either Jewish or Catholic is the same reason that as PhDs they have number far in excess of the general population and somewhere in there is the difference in growing up in something that is ritual based and not faith based.

Do you mean that they are more disciplined in attaining what they want?

No, the discipline deal might come for the Catholic kids from the schools, but when its not faith based, it becomes scholastic and academic, its open to inquire, argue, debate and in that there is much humor to be found.

Quote from: Rebis on July 19, 2008, 09:26:19 PM
I wrote a story once where Batman goes insane and kills his dry cleaner because the dry cleaner put too much starch in him and robin's capes and when they jumped off of a bridge to catch a guy, they flew in circles over Gotham River for hours eventually landing in the water which is heavily polluted. He was pissed.

They let batman wear his costume in prison because they thought it might help his mental rehabilitation. Robin came to visit a few times but stopped because batman wouldn't stop complaining about the Joker, who was in the cell next to his.

lol...

Quote from: tekla on July 20, 2008, 10:07:14 AM
I think the reason that so huge a % of people in comedy are either Jewish or Catholic is the same reason that as PhDs they have number far in excess of the general population and somewhere in there is the difference in growing up in something that is ritual based and not faith based.

Jews and Catholics are also big on feelings of guilt. But there are differences. Growing up, watching the groups at soda fountains, I observed the Catholics were well-behaved and somewhat subdued, while the Jews were all talking at once and not visibly self-disciplined.

S

Different kinds of guilt, about what you did, vs. what you did not do - but I don't think its that.  I'm going to have to think on this some more.

Quote from: tekla on July 20, 2008, 09:37:06 PM
Different kinds of guilt, about what you did, vs. what you did not do - but I don't think its that.  I'm going to have to think on this some more.

Oy, guilt... aren't there at least 50 different words for guilt in Yiddish, kind of like all the different words for varieties of snow in Eskimo languages? 

Z

You should ask your mother.  You never talk to her you know.  She was good to you, and you, you never call, you never write, poor lady, just sitting there in Miami....

Quote from: Tasha Elizabeth on July 20, 2008, 09:48:34 PM

Quote from: tekla on July 20, 2008, 09:47:18 PM
You should ask your mother.  You never talk to her you know.  She was good to you, and you, you never call, you never write, poor lady, just sitting there in Miami....

....making matzoh that nobody ever comes over to eat....

Hmmmm, I'm getting a craving for some nice gefilte fish and horseradish... the real thing, made from a carp kept in the bathtub.  Have some more dahlink, whatsa matter, you don't like??  You shouldn't starve!

Z

My wife's favorite is her synopsis of a visit home: I'm so glad you're home. I made all your favorite foods. Eat, Eat. Don't eat: you'll get fat.

S

Quote from: Simone Louise on July 21, 2008, 09:35:17 AM
My wife's favorite is her synopsis of a visit home: I'm so glad you're home. I made all your favorite foods. Eat, Eat. Don't eat: you'll get fat.

LOL

I'm sure you've heard the Jewish holiday synopsis... We were attacked, G-d performed a miracle, let's eat.

Z

Quote from: Simone Louise on July 20, 2008, 07:52:16 PM
Growing up, watching the groups at soda fountains

S

What kinds of drinks were typically served at those places?