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Grex > Agora56 > #17: The Humour Item (Extract U's To Taste) | |
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tod
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response 75 of 203:
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Jan 16 17:41 UTC 2006 |
Where does Indian Ink come from?
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rcurl
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response 76 of 203:
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Jan 16 18:12 UTC 2006 |
More than you may want to know at http://www.answers.com/topic/indian-ink.
The ink comes from your local art supply store.
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nharmon
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response 77 of 203:
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Jan 17 04:05 UTC 2006 |
If someone did not know and was genuinely curious about the dot on an
Indian female's forehead, would he/she really be treated with such
arrogance?
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mcnally
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response 78 of 203:
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Jan 17 04:19 UTC 2006 |
That probably depends on how frequently the person they asked had
already answered that question. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi
will save you the trouble of asking someone..)
Here in Ketchikan we had around 950,000 tourists last summer and a
pretty large number of them visit one or the other of the local
totem parks. At the carving shed near the Saxman Totem Park there's
usually a master carver and often several helpers at work. They
are pretty good about answering questions but in order to keep from
going insane they've adopted the practice of posting or handing out
FAQ sheets that cover most of the more common questions they get
asked -- without the sheets it's quite believable to think that
they might be asked the same question (e.g. "what are you carving")
20,000 times over the course of a single summer. You'd get cranky, too..
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mcnally
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response 79 of 203:
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Jan 17 04:22 UTC 2006 |
(also relevant to #77: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilaka )
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nharmon
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response 80 of 203:
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Jan 17 04:34 UTC 2006 |
Thanks for the links Mike. There are a lot of things about the world
that American students never learn in high school or college. Like the
meaning behind the Bindi, or the various meanings behind totem poles.
And while I admit there are bad tourists, I think a majority of them ask
questions as a sign of respect and genuine curiosity.
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tod
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response 81 of 203:
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Jan 17 04:43 UTC 2006 |
There are some totem poles at the parks in Vancouver which get major kodak
time.
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bhelliom
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response 82 of 203:
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Jan 17 07:14 UTC 2006 |
Bananaphone - http://www.filmbuffs.net/bananana/
PotterWeasley - http://thefifthdistrict.com/potter/ (watch the sequence
three times, as there are different parts of the cartoon movie)
The Sawyer Song - http://www.freewebs.com/lostfoundation/sawyersong.html
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bhelliom
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response 83 of 203:
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Jan 17 07:15 UTC 2006 |
BTW, you should use IE to view it, and require sound. All are work
safe.
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dpfitzen
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response 84 of 203:
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Jan 17 15:29 UTC 2006 |
Ditto #35 humor is the harmony of the heart (Douglas Jerrold)
It is not humor to be malignant (Latin Proverb)
Whenever you find Humor, you find Pathos close by its side.
(Whipple)
Ditto64 --------------------Ditto 77---------Excellent78 ------ditto80.
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trap
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response 85 of 203:
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Jan 22 16:09 UTC 2006 |
what's the difference between a jewish faggot and a toilet?
- you could kiss a toilet if you had to.
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rcurl
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response 86 of 203:
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Jan 22 17:00 UTC 2006 |
Whatta jerk - someone that finds humor in ethnic hatred.
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nharmon
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response 87 of 203:
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Jan 22 17:03 UTC 2006 |
He only does it to offend and shock people on here. Sort of like a "last
resort" of those who have difficulty making intelligent remarks.
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rcurl
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response 88 of 203:
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Jan 22 17:15 UTC 2006 |
I have the impression that it isn't just a show but that he really is a
racist.
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naftee
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response 89 of 203:
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Jan 23 01:32 UTC 2006 |
i don't think he hates straight jewish people, rane
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tod
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response 90 of 203:
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Jan 23 04:42 UTC 2006 |
The only difference is that the toilet wouldn't fight
his lips from touching their rim of crap.
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rcurl
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response 91 of 203:
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Jan 23 05:45 UTC 2006 |
Re #89: that's hard to tell. Why did his joke involve Jews at all, then?
He makes them the butt of the joke as much as he does gays.
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dpfitzen
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response 92 of 203:
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Jan 23 14:46 UTC 2006 |
consider#s 8,19,22,23,30,32,34,55,61,81 Now consider the word---pathos---
Which definition applies? That quality of human or animal experience or of
its representation in art which awakens feelings of pity, sympathy ,and tender
sorrow.
A pathetic passage or speech,suffering;affiction.
The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are
personal and therfore restricted and evanscent.
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nharmon
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response 93 of 203:
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Jan 23 16:32 UTC 2006 |
I've never understood anti-semitism, so I'm hardly in a position to
judge whether or not jvmv's racist attitude is genuine.
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dpfitzen
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response 94 of 203:
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Jan 23 17:16 UTC 2006 |
#93 thank you. But I was wondering about his preoccupation with
"gays-faggots-sucking on plastic tubs and etc) Guess rather than trying to
understand pity is in order. .
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nharmon
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response 95 of 203:
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Jan 23 17:40 UTC 2006 |
My gut tells me its not a preoccupation with the people he is slurring,
but rather a preoccupation with the reaction he gets from it.
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rcurl
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response 96 of 203:
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Jan 23 18:09 UTC 2006 |
You mean, he enjoys being taken for a jerk?
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aruba
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response 97 of 203:
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Jan 23 18:24 UTC 2006 |
He enjoys feeling powerful enough to make people talk about him.
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bhelliom
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response 98 of 203:
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Jan 23 18:56 UTC 2006 |
An he's too arrogant enough to realize that most of us are laughing at
him.
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mcnally
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response 99 of 203:
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Jan 23 19:01 UTC 2006 |
I'm not laughing, at him or with him.
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