Re: catch me up

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 07:22:30 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "Mikal" <mikalm_at_i...> wrote:
> > Sharose: Ask John to tell you Olive history through jokes. He
should
> > start with the Danny/Glen stories
>
> Danny and Glen were a real-life Beavis and Butthead, except even
more
> socially inept and destructive (most of their pyromaniacal antics
literally
> backfired spectacularly, and their various pranks usually ended up
with them
> as the ultimate victims). I myself was almost SHOT by the former,
but
> that's a story in itself.

Seeing those names certainly takes me down memory lane...

The three of us were in junior high, and we had an interest in
anything that could be blown up. We made our own gunpowder for years.
Occasionally, we made more exotic things:

1) poor man's napalm (made from gasoline and styro-plastic)
2) fulminating mercury
3) acetyline combustion bomb

These worked quite well, but unfortunately our delivery system (e.g.
rocket) was not always reliable, so often the system would explode
while we were standing over it! The combustion explosion was
particularly scary, since it once blew up in Danny's bedroom and
slammed all the doors shut in the process! Truthfully, with all our
antics we were very lucky not to have gotten hurt, especially since
both Danny and Glen were usually a little careless.
 
> As I have often said:
>
> The FIRST time, it's kinda funny
> The TENTH time, it's ANNOYING
> The HUNDREDTH time, it's like TORTURE
> The THOUSANDTH time, it's HYSTERICALLY FUNNY, and I can't figure
out WHY

I think it depends on the delivery. A joke has to be said the right
way to be funny. Some people have a gift at telling jokes and
stories. Look at John Cleese: I have seen all the Faulty Towers
episodes and could easily watch them again and laugh at the same
jokes.
Received on 2002-07-05 00:22:33