Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Jeff Scott]

I was going to make a joke about something, but now, I'm not so sure I should...

 

[GonePlaid]

I was going to make a joke about something, but now, I'm not so sure I should...

Well, don't worry 'bout me. I have a T-shirt that reads "When is it my turn to be offended?"

 

[Charlie Tango]

Yes, but since every joke has someone/something as the 'butt' of the story, ppl are overly sensitive to damn near everything.

Yes, and the basis for much comedy is anger, and comedians can be some of the angriest people on earth. And people have indeed become touchy about so much. The ability to laugh at ourselves gets lost a lot.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes, and the basis for much comedy is anger, and comedians can be some of the angriest people on earth. And people have indeed become touchy about so much. The ability to laugh at ourselves gets lost a lot.

I had the opportunity to work behind a coupla famous comedians in the 70s. Charlie Callas was a great guy(ex drummer), John Byner...uh, not so much.

 

[GwenOnBass]

What are we to make of things when the reality we are sold doesn't match the reality we experience?

 

[notJaco]

What are we to make of things when the reality we are sold doesn't match the reality we experience?

It starts there.

 

[GonePlaid]

What are we to make of things when the reality we are sold doesn't match the reality we experience?

Back up ten yards and punt.
"That's Life"-F. Sinatra(Some people get their kicks in life stompin' on yer dream)

 

[GwenOnBass]

Presale registration for Dead & Company opened, and I'm signed up. Come Tuesday they'll let me know for Wednesday's sales.

No admittance without a vaccination card period. Wonder if they'll check the name on the card against a photo ID?

 

[GonePlaid]

Presale registration for Dead & Company opened, and I'm signed up. Come Tuesday they'll let me know for Wednesday's sales.

No admittance without a vaccination card period. Wonder if they'll check the name on the card against a photo ID?

That should make the line zip right along.
Ooh, ooh! Business opportunity! Fake vax cards. (Prolly already been done)

 

[GwenOnBass]

There are already credible reports, e.g. police records, of counterfeit vaccination cards. That's Life.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I keep thinking I see a new thing in "how to be cool"...seems like the new trend in showing off is to find something wrong with everything anyone has, does, makes, sells, or says. Anyone else see this, or am I just being a GOF?

I’m expecting to see a summer of discontent amongst the throngs. People are getting nasty. Pent up frustration is finding a release.

 

[Charlie Tango]

There are already credible reports, e.g. police records, of counterfeit vaccination cards. That's Life.

There was a bar in <mumble> that was shut down because the owner got arrested for running a very profitable fake vax card-selling operation out of it.

 

[GonePlaid]

There was a bar in <mumble> that was shut down because the owner got arrested for running a very profitable fake vax card-selling operation out of it.

I'm SHOCKED! Shocked, I tell you. (not really)

 

[SoulReflection]

I'm SHOCKED! Shocked, I tell you. (not really)

It's getting tougher to get shocked about anything, anymore...

 

[GonePlaid]

It's getting tougher to get shocked about anything, anymore...

True. Rarely shocked. Lotta headshaking though.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A fantasy dystopian Mad Max world is much more entertaining than the daily real world dose of Stoopid Mad Max.

 

[Deeper Texan]

I keep thinking I see a new thing in "how to be cool"...seems like the new trend in showing off is to find something wrong with everything anyone has, does, makes, sells, or says. Anyone else see this, or am I just being a GOF?

No you're are correct, and with the anonymity, provided by on line platforms, it's getting worse.

I do, and think it's because so many people are unhappy with themselves for whatever reason. Looking inward is too painful, so they look for relief by mocking someone or something else. Snark and meanspiritedness have replaced good-natured kidding.

Nailed it!

 

[gtmalone]

Tommy Marinucci (Tommy Tedesco) Skateboard Angel- Fernwood 2night Happy Kyne & the orchestra.




Happy Kyne and the Mirth Makers with Frank Devol (I posted this before)

LOL!

 

[notJaco]

Yes, but I saw him live 3 times. He was funny with an occasional 'word'.

I gotta say, though. Richard Pryor used 'MF' in ample amounts and, after a few times it lost it's toxicity and just became an expression like 'dude or doggone' but with more of a touch of his indigenous culture. You'd expect him to talk this way. I don't think that his material relied heavily upon it for making his stories humorous. ....my opinion. I could watch his entire show without the feeling of alright, enough already.

 

[gtmalone]

On the subject of tequila, there's a new tequila based drink that's 'trending'. It's a double shot of very good tequila and a feather. It's called 'Tequila Mockingbird'. (I'll see myself out now.)

I want a refund.