kristoff wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:57 pm And what makes the author begin to think that the Brits have any corner on all this... Could easily be Texas, as well.....

By NO means am I condemning this joke. I am merely suggesting that it also applies to Texans.

If folks do not like the jokes, the potential for being offended, whatever, then dont come in here.

The thread is not gonna be closed, because basically, it is not offensive, except as a select few may perceive it.

So knock of the carping and belly-aching.

More jokes, please, Stud.

Colin, you won't realise now but between #post 17 and #18 there was an additional thread by the Fraj which has been sensibly removed.

It invited readers to a hyperlink with unsavoury content and fabricated photography. I'm glad it was removed but it makes a nonsense of my opening words in the thread which followed in which I drew attention to it. I would appreciate you or others not accusung me of "guilt" when my comment was directed against hatefulness which happily your eyes did not see. Mine did and I was severely offended and I remain so. I do thank the Administrator who removed it. I was entirely right to carp about it.

Everyone is right, the Joke section is not for me.

Incidentally I doubt very much whether The Telegraph would stoop to the level of 'comment' in the opening thread even though I don't read it either.

Sac_mec (imported) wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:51 am Incidentally I doubt very much whether The Telegraph would stoop to the level of 'comment' in the opening thread even though I don't read it either.

As far as I can recall the words of the advert to which I am referring, it goes:

"You wake up in your Swedish furniture; put on your Italian clothes; eat a Danish; jump in your German car; drink Belgian beer and watch football on your Japanese TV between teams owned by an American and a Russian, managed by a Portugese!"

If that is not exactly the same sentiment as the original post, then my Senile Dementia is worse than I thought.

LOL

OK Colin,

I don't know of the advert and I agree that all this has got way out of hand.

It would have been nice had you found time to apologise to me because the only reason I sounded so urgent in wanting this thread shutdown at once was in response to The Fraj's contribution which has been removed; but, being fair to you you didn't see the post. It was an offensive in the extreme and nothing to do with the rest of the thread. Nobody can say that I haven't remained 'on subject'. I know that one Administrator was online when it was posted and I am deeply saddened that no-one has come to my defence on site over this issue.

I know we live in a global village and Brits drive German cars and drink Continental Beers (as well as our own). I have said enough and I am deeply saddened and feel very lonely and isolated and it is all down to the shameful

behaviour of The Fraj by hijacking this thread. When will someone strip him of some karma points for his behaviour here??? I await to see and I am very

fed up.

Richard, I don't know what's going on in your life right now but I'm sorry

I only entered this thread at all (if you read my first post (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showpos ... stcount=12)!) to try and say I empathised with you and your feelings that the joke may have come at a difficult time for many Brits. Maybe I guessed wrong? Maybe it is something more personal that is going on right now? I don't know.

I then posted another link to illustrate the not all humour everyone will like. Some may find offensive. In retrospect, it was in poor taste and I'm sorry. But I was ultimately hoping to support your argument that: just because someone finds a joke funny, doesn't justify it being told.

Again, I'm sorry for whatever is going on in your life right now. I really hope you can talk about this, instead of posting in the "humour board" how you "don't find something humerous".

I was only trying to help by saying that you wouldn't have been the only one to find this joke unfunny.

I'm sorry I interfered and won't do it again in future

Eunuchs are more prone to ups and downs. It has been a very wet August as you'll know Roger every day so far, after a superb July and June. Then we have the biggest potential crime against people unearthed. We have had the situation in Lebanon.

Roger over a long period your Political threads were both correct and courageous and I thanked you for them; then they turned sour very recently regrettably, (in my opinion). This "Joke" thread indeed caught me at the wrong time when I was particularly sensitive to my feelings about the UK today. I over-reated just a tad and got some very snide feedback. Your posting in response to Huevon's question again made me irate that you had "abused this website" for political purposes in a Joke thread. Your intervention had nothing to do with the general remarks of the thread. Either you or an Administrator binned it.

You came out of the situation smelling of roses with your next posting after my criticism but because your remarks had gone, I was left looking a fool and yet again Colin felt I was being censorious, but the censorship had already been done. My name has been wronged by others here and even people who knew my comments were proportionate fell silent. It has hurt me Roger.

I accept your apology and withdraw my ill felt comment about karma points.

I was upset. With your unpleasant posting removed, of course your Profile currently remains in tact. There are views we both hold that you might not believe we both agree on; maybe you've seen that in the past. I just disagree with you now People can make mistakes easily on the net because it is so instant. I was wrongto be riled by this joke, but it came up as a New Post, so I saw it and I was not amused. I ought to have ignored it and left the site. I didn't and all this has now just got plain stupid. I've finished writing now

but I am hurt at the degree of nastiness directed at me (not by you, I hasten to add). Just like you I need time to really reflect and think and question so very much; not least this website. Written in sadness, Sac_Mec.

Richard Please don't be sad I don't want to take any more of a detour in this thread, but just had to let you know you are a great person and you did not look foolish at all! I think my posting that link was very childish and again wanted to say I'm sorry.

To be honest, the pain contained in some of your recent posts was what caught my attention, and I attributed it to the situation and recent events. Of course... me being me, I jumped to conclusions and, well ... tried to say that "I understood" and (as I usually do! ) made things worse by [opening mouth]->. I'm sorry for that.

I agree with everything in your last post 100 percent, (especially Labanon and the current UK weather! )

Anyway, sorry to everyone for that last detour! You are a wonderful person Richard, and I wanted to offer a great big

kristoff wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:23 pm By NO means am I condemning this joke. I am merely suggesting that it also applies to Texans.

If folks do not like the jokes, the potential for being offended, whatever, then dont come in here.

The thread is not gonna be closed, because basically, it is not offensive, except as a select few may perceive it.

So knock of the carping and belly-aching.

More jokes, please, Stud.

Kristoff, I will consider posting more jokes. OK, it *could* apply to Texans!

But for the life of me, I cannot understand why some people get their bowels in an uproar when stuff like this is written.

I was attacked for the sarcasm about California, then something I did with the English language vs. the Hungarians and then some dude whalloped me when I made fun of the French.

What intrigues me is that I lived in California twice, loved it, would live there again if I could make a living. As for as the language thingie, that is a LINGUISTIC issue which intrigues the hell out of me. If I disliked the French then why I did I live their for two months this summer, supported their economy and studied in their schools to improve my French?

(I am sure someone has an answer).

Yet, I have rarely seen anyone post anything about Texas (other than myself which is no fun, so to speak). And heaven knows there is a LOT of material about Texas!!!

I don't want to give into the whiners and stick in the mud people, nor will I ever, ever, ever be "politically correct."

As I read the Header to the Jokes and Levity section I do recall this quote:

Post your amusing or interesting finds from the WWW, jokes, humor or whatever in here. Anything goes, click at your own risk.

Studlover

Studlover (imported) wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:19 pm Kristoff, I will consider posting more jokes. OK, it *could* apply to Texans!

But for the life of me, I cannot understand why some people get their bowels in an uproar when stuff like this is written.

I was attacked for the sarcasm about California, then something I did with the English language vs. the Hungarians and then some dude whalloped me when I made fun of the French.

What intrigues me is that I lived in California twice, loved it, would live there again if I could make a living. As for as the language thingie, that is a LINGUISTIC issue which intrigues the hell out of me. If I disliked the French then why I did I live their for two months this summer, supported their economy and studied in their schools to improve my French?

(I am sure someone has an answer).

Yet, I have rarely seen anyone post anything about Texas (other than myself which is no fun, so to speak). And heaven knows there is a LOT of material about Texas!!!

I don't want to give into the whiners and stick in the mud people, nor will I ever, ever, ever be "politically correct."

As I read the Header to the Jokes and Levity section I do recall this quote:

Post your amusing or interesting finds from the WWW, jokes, humor or whatever in here. Anything goes, click at your own risk.

Studlover

BTW, if one doesn't think there's enough or any material to work with to poke fun at Texas, take a gander at who is sitting in the Oval Office of the White House, and one should be able to take it from there!

Studlover

I am pleased that the UK Brigade of the Eunuch Corps is once again united. I removed the post in question as I will remove any similar ones whenever I find them. As for Texas..............what can I say that Studlover hasn't already said. --FLO--