Re: catch me up

From: HiramGonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 15:45:16 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_y...>
wrote:
> --- 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.
>

What John is conveniently forgetting is that after the explosions when
Danny or Glen would be standing partially aflame, smoking, or looking
completely dumbfounded there would be this pause. Then John would
point at them and start with this insane loud rude laugh (horse
laugh). Of course, Danny/Glen would start chasing after John but in
those days John could haul ass with the best of them. So down the
street they'd go - Danny/Glen chasing after and swearing up a storm;
John and his laugh.

Mike and I were witnesses to *MANY* events of this sort. Naturally we
were just innocent spectators...

> > 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.

Or maybe it's a British thing. John has such a way...

-D.O.
Received on 2002-07-05 08:45:24