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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4195)	3/22/2002 12:35:59 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

ROFLMAO!! That was fantastic!

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4195)	3/22/2002 12:52:07 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

I might have said that was funny, in the past. But since I think it mocks the religion of someone else, I will just have to forego telling you anything about how amusing it is.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4195)	3/23/2002 2:07:21 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

I think that's an intelligent and elegantly designed joke. The evocation of our founding fathers is somehow stirring; foolishly, of course, because one knows it's in service of an upcoming punch line; but this elegant setup makes it a perfect lead-in to the incongruous (the incongruity supplies most of the humor) punchline. If one has a principled (or ideological) objection to all jokes that make sport of any religious tenet, or if one reacts negatively to jokes animated by patriotic emotion, of course one might not be in a mood to appreciate the humor. IOW, it's an un-PC joke, and some people can't laugh at those. Personally, I think the 72 virgin tenet is ridiculous and I reserve the right to ridicule it at will. Incidentally, some Islamic scholars believe it was a translation error that converted 'white grapes' to 'virgins.' If this were ever established to a certainty, would it then be okay (to the PC) to think that that had been a funny mistake, and that your joke was a funny one, I wonder. My reservation is that a good joke shouldn't start with a "daisy cutter bomb." Otherwise, it's a good joke, and that bloody reference is a defect that added nothing, impo.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4195)	3/23/2002 5:23:37 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 21057

As a Virginian (please note, I said VirginIAN)I think I am going to take offense at the crude actions attributed to Patrick Henry and James Madison. "bopping in the nose", "punching in the solar plexus". Pleeeze. Now slapping with gloves and breaking toes with canes is perfectly acceptable, the elegant gestures of true gentlemen. Please do not argue with me. I worked very hard to find something to offend me and I will not be persuaded otherwise. (I thought it was a very funny joke and have forwarded it to all my Virginia friends)