On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:16:21 +1000, bob wrote
(in message <eWSdnfOy7PErfPaiXTWc-w@speakeasy.net>):

"Martin Crisp" <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BB91F235013A0105F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au...

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 3:41:19 +1000, bob wrote
(in message <WoednRhKEfdSo_aiXTWc-g@speakeasy.net>):

[...]

It was already plain that you're a dill, bob, the extra effort
you've gone to was largely unnecessary.

apparently it WAS necessary :) i think you 'unnerstan' now :)

I understood you were a dill from the last time (a few months ago)
we 'spoke'.


[...]

You seem to easily miss the point that when something is
humorous and also shows a group in a 'make fun of ' light :)

Assuming your conclusion, bob, the only person I've noticed who
thinks it funny enough to defend it as funny is you. That doesn't
make it funny.

Do you want me to go thru all the posts and find which ones
found humor in it ? Do i HAVE to do that for you or are you
capable of wasting your own time :)

Since you can't even find your own posts, I could simply tell you
there are none.

Just for fun i tried to find my reply to richardson and did not but
found his post which i shall repost here :) :) :)

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:14:09 -0700, "bob" <nowave@speakeasy.net>
wrote:
<snip>

I can see why this is supposed to be funny.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I really can.

The thing with good satire is that it must always contain *some* truth
- usually exaggerated in such a way as to make it obvious exactly what
is being held up to ridicule.
Comedians (particularly Jewish ones) make a lot of "Jewish mothe


Doh! isn't richardson an atheist ???

Yes, you'll note he didn't say it was funny, merely that he could
recognise it as an attempt at humour.

Note, that in reply to Mark Richardson you said:
<paste as quote>

Note that almost no atheists replied rationally :)
Note that almost all atheists basically just went ballistic
Those who did not go ballastic merely feigned disinterest 'on purpose'

</paq>

I didn't find my reply - you're welcome to reprint it and i will
comment on it :)

As I said previously, the extra effort you're going to to show
you're a dill is largely unneccesary.

Your response to Mark:
Message-ID: <RXCdnSb0JMxwYvqiXTWc-g@speakeasy.net>

So, according to you, all atheists either went ballistic or 'merely
feigned' disinterest.

It would be easier to deal with your drivel if it was at least
self-consistent.

I probably said that in making the point that atheists in 'general'
would not appreciate the humor - obviously some did as my
repost of richardsons reply shows :):):)

In your fantasy world, where you can understand English.

You should expect the members of the group to find it NOT
FUNNY and my other point is that considering that - i think
i got quite a few replies from atheists who did see the humor
even so :) get it now ?

Quite a few, that you couldn't recall when responding to Mark.

Read richardson's post above AND i can find others :)

I'm sure you can find others that say much the same as Mark did.



[...]

NO the funny thing about that is that matches perfectly the
INNANE sigs you often see from atheists - and WAS FUNNY :)

Shouting at your audience that your routine is funny is unlikely to
quieten the hecklers at the back of the crowd. None of the
(admittedly few) stand-up comedians I've lived with in the past
have recommended it as a technique that should be adopted.

Sometimes when some yokel is walking around in the ether
you have to shout once or twice to get them to notice what
is going on :) - unfortunately, i felt that may apply to you in
this case :)

Yes, but it seems that you were the one with his head in the ether.


[...]

How on earth can you attempt to classify yourself as rational ? :)

Where did I do that?

Well?

You just spent a whole post telling me how irrational you can be

No, I said that I am generally irrational, but that I can be
rational, if I put in the effort.

and that you do not consider yourself rational often [ as i pointed
out this is an 'untruth' :) from you anyway] and NOW you want

No, I do not consider myself rational (as an over-arching label),
because the majority of my activities are not rational [heck, most
of my activities take place without any conscious control at all].

to turn around and claim that you are a good judge of your own
motives . Here is a little reality - often people are the worst

Yes, often people are, bob. So what? You suggested I was the _last_
person able to judge these things. Clearly this is not the case. As
demonstrated by your woeful ability to comment on them.

the above sentence makes NO SENSE - sorry i had to shout :)

Thanks for making my point about your English comprehension skills.

judges of their own outworking and genesis of their mental processes.
APPARENTLY especially in your case :)

If you see what I mean. You are even incapable of seeing how my
response was tailored to your comments, rather on the comments you
would have liked them to be about and that you now add to the
mix...

Apparently you cannot see the 'humor' in you claiming you are
irrational and that you are also a good judge of your own motives /

I merely said I was a better judge of my motives than you.

attitudes / behaviours :) . Probably you are trying to argue 'covertly'

Covertly? Your reading comprehension is worse than I feared.

that you are generally irrational - cepting when you turn on the
ole smart power and think :) ... you are 'funnier' than you realize :)

This however suggests that if something is repeated a few times,
you can start to get a grasp on it.


[...]

Have Fun
Martin

i always have fun :) - i really do :)
bob

Always? Well, they say that idiots are easily amused. I wish I
could say the same - dentists, invalid wife, all sorts of other
things (like sleep) seem to reduce the ability of fun to pervade my
every moment.

Guess what - here's a little secret for you :) Idiiiotts ! are NOT

Hint: I didn't claim they were. Your English skills really need
some work.

happy :) I been always happy for a long , long time :) and the Lord
Himself keeps me VERY happy :)

Sorry, you're right, I should have included the delusional as well.

Have Fun
Martin
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