tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3160100372045090314..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Barking Marxists Don't You Know the Gagster Laughs at You? Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82928881139940572842014-09-05T09:07:20.534-07:002014-09-05T09:07:20.534-07:00Julie, thanks for the kind words... and thanks to ...Julie, thanks for the kind words... and thanks to the anonymous raccoon for reposting my missing comment.nigthflyhttp://nightflyblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83051044496519974802014-09-04T20:14:18.919-07:002014-09-04T20:14:18.919-07:00Magister,
Aye, those that attempt to deconsruct t...Magister, <br />Aye, those that attempt to deconsruct the Three Stooges or any great comedians just don't get it.<br />And the scriptures are right, a good wife is priceless. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65234814203758781672014-09-04T10:29:55.993-07:002014-09-04T10:29:55.993-07:00Ben
Great to hear about Patti. You know, the inte...Ben<br /><br />Great to hear about Patti. You know, the interesting thing about the Stooges is that it's tempting to over-intellectualize them, whatever the intellectual direction. But if you do that, you're missing the point, and missing the humor. Some things are just funny, and that's all there is to it. If you don't recognize that, in some way you're too much in your head and missing the point. There has to be what Bob calls "slack" somewhere in the equation, or you get the Stooges reduced in some way to some idea or scheme. Anyway, the good gals, what does the Bible say? "rarer than rubies." We should always sing their praises at the city gate.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28765959030533154932014-09-04T08:58:34.326-07:002014-09-04T08:58:34.326-07:00From back in 2006, bouncing off one of Gagdad'...<br />From back in 2006, bouncing off one of Gagdad's posts about how people often seem to succumb to their language, rather than mastering it, I had a <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2006/08/more-ahh-ha-ha-aha.html" rel="nofollow">More Ahh... ha-ha-....Aha!</a> experience:<br /><br />"<i>...It dawned on me recently, that laughter is probably closely related to the Aha! effect, with a slightly different flavor. It too, is the sudden integration of two or more unlooked for data relations in a way that is seemingly contrary to logic and/or custom… until you receive that integrating bit of data in the punch line. Varying the degree that the items are normally thought to be unrelated, the unexpectedness, the suddenness, and the number of integrations made by the punch line, corresponds to the intensity of the laughter. It’s interesting (and painfully tedious!) to watch children learning to express a sense of humor. They do seem to get that the key to humor, is putting together things that don’t normally belong, but it takes a seemingly long while for them to realize that the punchline needs to make it look like the items are related, though unexpectedly. <br /><br />What parent hasn’t had to endure a 5-7 year olds attempts at writing Knock-Knock Jokes(“Knock-knock! Who’s there? Petunia, Petunia who? Petunia scrambled eggs!AH-HA-HA-HAA!” it takes SO long for the child to progress to (“Knock-knock! Who’s there? Orange, Orange who? Knock-knock! Who’s there? Orange, Orange who? Orange-ya glad I didn’t say Knock-Knock again?! AH-HA-HA-HAA!” and finally you can honestly chuckle along with them). It’s a process of integrating seemingly unrelated data in a way that provides a pleasant, unlooked for surprise at their being linked together....</i>"<br /><br />Like the hang-time on Joan's Dad's pun, when it finally clicks into place that what seemed <i>not</i> to go together, <i>does</i>, it not only Clicks, but Tickles.<br />Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64672657455952820672014-09-04T06:07:02.037-07:002014-09-04T06:07:02.037-07:00Ebony - The most amazing sound I've ever heard...Ebony - The most amazing sound I've ever heard in my life is my toddler son squealing and giggling when we play. And, as often happens in paradox, I can't think about it without tearing up a little at how blessed my wife and I are to have him.<br /><br />I can imagine the joy of God is so much more than this, that I would come apart at the seams. Here we see through a glass, darkly, because we would be blinded and scalded by the direct sun.Nightfly's missing commentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76254799490481557782014-09-04T06:03:28.876-07:002014-09-04T06:03:28.876-07:00Ha - that did take me an extra second :)Ha - that did take me an extra second :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77490858064832820362014-09-04T05:53:43.159-07:002014-09-04T05:53:43.159-07:00First joke my dad told me, that I took the pains t...First joke my dad told me, that I took the pains to remember, was about a shepherd who was told to play music to his unhappy sheep. However, they ended up more despondent and refused to eat. Upon further investigation, he was advised that "There Will Never Be Another You" was not a good song choice for the flock. <br /><br />Now that I write the joke out, I see that it has the same, if not longer, hang-time for the pun reveal. Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56885374852110084492014-09-04T05:43:07.470-07:002014-09-04T05:43:07.470-07:00Flatlander wymmyn aren't smiling, they're ...Flatlander wymmyn aren't smiling, they're revealing their fangs.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38515937303297296672014-09-03T15:37:41.094-07:002014-09-03T15:37:41.094-07:00Yay! We like the Stooges a lot. One son has a pos...Yay! We like the Stooges a lot. One son has a poster of them in his room. We have almost everything they made. The ones about Hitler are genius. "You Natzy Spy!" und "I'll Never Heil Again!"Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9751375574251316312014-09-03T14:05:39.115-07:002014-09-03T14:05:39.115-07:00Nightfly - I'm not sure where your most recent...Nightfly - I'm not sure where your most recent comment went, but it was lovely and I am in total agreement.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59380923545612069912014-09-03T13:51:04.012-07:002014-09-03T13:51:04.012-07:00Hi Magister,
That's a very insightful observa...Hi Magister, <br />That's a very insightful observation about wives. Patti loved the Three Stooges and so does our daughters.<br />They would rather watch the Stooges and Looney Tunes than any of the more modern cartoons or garbage like Captain Planet or Barney.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34589331937196424712014-09-03T13:49:23.455-07:002014-09-03T13:49:23.455-07:00Julie - a sense of humor is a sign of spiritual he...Julie - a sense of humor is a sign of spiritual health, of course. As Chesterton observed, it's the healthy man who whistles to himself, jests, idles, and uses what store of imagination he has. Sick people, he writes, aren't healthy enough to do anything other than obsess over their symptoms.<br /><br />USS Ben - naturally, those with very little true inner beauty are only revealing the empty crater where it used to be when they laugh. It is quite pitiable.<br /><br /><i>"The Stooges aren't sure who it is, but her face -- of course -- rings a bell."</i><br /><br />I believe that nun was a dead ringer for her brother...<br /><br />nightflyhttp://nightflyblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36393004733267353302014-09-03T13:42:39.084-07:002014-09-03T13:42:39.084-07:00No, it's mine!No, it's mine!Quasimodonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27245310251365935462014-09-03T13:41:56.024-07:002014-09-03T13:41:56.024-07:00That ees my line you minkey!That ees my line you minkey!Detective Clouseaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86637107367810153442014-09-03T13:25:35.037-07:002014-09-03T13:25:35.037-07:00The bells! The Bells!The bells! The Bells!Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30060486064386665722014-09-03T12:17:08.754-07:002014-09-03T12:17:08.754-07:00For whom the bell tolls...For whom the bell tolls...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40806750924588343952014-09-03T12:15:00.198-07:002014-09-03T12:15:00.198-07:00I'd like to drop the Liberty Bell on her empty...I'd like to drop the Liberty Bell on her empty head. Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39287687442167316632014-09-03T12:09:45.366-07:002014-09-03T12:09:45.366-07:00I remember that picture of Pelosi walking with Joh...I remember that picture of Pelosi walking with John Lewis, carrying the gavel, and laughing because they had passed Obamacare. <br /><br />Power is funny, and absolute power is hilarious.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21521358701695720492014-09-03T11:54:30.184-07:002014-09-03T11:54:30.184-07:00mush
I love the Stooges. I'm near 50 myself a...mush<br /><br />I love the Stooges. I'm near 50 myself and can no longer determine whether they're silly or profound, and what's more, I don't feel the need to answer that question. They're both. The silly, in the right frame, can also be rich in love, humility, and pathos. When I watch the Stooges, I laugh at them, at myself, then at us all. I know that women tend not to "get" them, not to like them, and to shake their heads at boys who laugh and imitate them. It means a lot to me when my wife sees us boys watching the Stooges, smiles wryly to herself, and then makes us all sandwiches. I could never be married to a woman who watches the Stooges and then gets seriously uptight about the violence, etc. It's like she's hanging a sign that says "humorless bitch" on herself. I my experience, the mom who was most ok with the Stooges was a Lutheran in Wisconsin. I'd bet that the women who have the biggest problem with the Stooges are the same ones running Title IX "rape epidemic" prosecution and re-education programs at American universities. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17549414770789909122014-09-03T11:44:44.642-07:002014-09-03T11:44:44.642-07:00the flatlander refuses to participate in the joyfu...the flatlander refuses to participate in the joyful world of multivalent meaning<br /><br />Hence George Lakoff's constant hectoring that the Left "control the language" and dominate the sphere of metaphor. It's worked to a ruinous degree, but now the world is a humorless street fight rather than a jolly old mess. If I were childless, I'd pity the world more than I'd be angry about it. But nope, I have kids who will live in our humorless leftist nightmare, so at this point, I'm mostly pissed. <br /><br />I caught my wife looking at me from inside her car with genuine merriment in her eyes, and I fell in love with her all over again. You dang women.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15509389274321277952014-09-03T11:37:25.338-07:002014-09-03T11:37:25.338-07:00True, it's lazy humor, but it hits the spot fo...<i>True, it's lazy humor, but it hits the spot for a nine year-old.</i> <br /><br />Over five decades later, and I'm still laughing. <br /><br />mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47052534523585749952014-09-03T10:52:35.170-07:002014-09-03T10:52:35.170-07:00Hi EbonyRaptor,
I cooncur. Well, with the excepti...Hi EbonyRaptor, <br />I cooncur. Well, with the exception of flatlander wymyn like Hillary or Pelosi.<br />Their smiles and laughs look as demented as their souls.<br /><br />But when real ladies smile or laugh it reflects the beauty of their souls fully since they ain't hindered by whoreizontal boundaries.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18921224970550195032014-09-03T09:48:19.387-07:002014-09-03T09:48:19.387-07:00To me, there is nothing more attractive in a woman...To me, there is nothing more attractive in a woman than the smile when she laughs. It reveals her true beauty.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47158041037482047032014-09-03T09:10:38.472-07:002014-09-03T09:10:38.472-07:00Oddly enough, you can't laugh without a body, ...<i>Oddly enough, you can't laugh without a body, right?</i><br /><br />I wonder about that. I am quite certain that the cosmos does chuckle somehow, and finds us all <i>deeply</i> amusing...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78123337430278282192014-09-03T09:02:12.948-07:002014-09-03T09:02:12.948-07:00Whenever I look at the chart, I keep seeing "...Whenever I look at the chart, I keep seeing "comic simile" as "cosmic smile."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com