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Hmmm ... a bit of cognitive dissonance here
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The discussion revolves around sharing and enjoying "lame" jokes, with participants contributing various puns and one-liners. Jokes include classic setups like "A duck walks into a pharmacy..." and "Why did the chicken cross the road?" along with playful wordplay, such as "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick." The humor is characterized by its groan-inducing quality, with many jokes eliciting laughter despite their simplicity. Participants also engage in light banter about the nature of humor, with some jokes being deemed too funny to qualify as "lame." The thread highlights a shared enjoyment of corny humor and the camaraderie that comes from exchanging jokes, creating a lighthearted atmosphere.
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What do you get when you cross Frankenstein with the Invisible Man?
I don't know, but it's probably not much to look at.
I don't know, but it's probably not much to look at.
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It's missing the "No U Turn" sign.
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This is not quite true. We do know
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Does anyone else see the shadow on the door as an alien with its hands to its face as if it's just been screaming at the sky and is now overcome with emotion? Or is my brain being odder than usual?phinds said:
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Well, it's hard to un-see it now.
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Definitely odder than usualIbix said:
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I only see a spider. I always see spiders in inkblots.Ibix said:
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Work on it! They had more fun, esp. Steve Buscemi.topsquark said:
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From FB today:
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Neither are... or neither is ?fresh_42 said:
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When that cartoon was first published in 1993, I clipped it from my wife's New Yorker magazine and put it on my office door. The college where we both taught had recently gotten Internet access, and I had started participating in that era's social media, Usenet.nsaspook said:
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Slightly OTjtbell said:
Those were the days my friend.
I once ran a Usenet node off a Convergent Technologies Megaframe (CTIX 20 MHz 68020). UUCP to UUCP via 1200/2400 modem.
https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/comp.unix.misc/1991-June/000595.html
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Monty Python
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African or European?
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Seriously annoyed that they lost by one point
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I would be annoyed for losing against a team that didn't lay a single try!davenn said:
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African, European swallows are non-migratory
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Why are such things true across cultures?dextercioby said: