tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post115406352877890861..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Who's got the button?Saints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154283668432828072006-07-30T11:21:00.000-07:002006-07-30T11:21:00.000-07:00Here's a link to the Twain story:http://xroads.vir...Here's a link to the Twain story:<BR/><BR/>http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/twainram.htmlthemoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210342040578899281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154273494388133082006-07-30T08:31:00.000-07:002006-07-30T08:31:00.000-07:00Lady K: I'm a button-glutton, too. As the clerk at...<B>Lady K</B>: I'm a button-glutton, too. As the clerk at the knitting/button store said, "There are worse things to be."<BR/><BR/><B>The Moy</B>: I've not read the Mark Twain story! Thanks for the recommendation. Hmmm, I wonder if it's online. I enjoy Mark Twain quite a bit, even though I've not read his work extensively. The way I look at it, I've got a lot to look forward to!Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154272749878346872006-07-30T08:19:00.000-07:002006-07-30T08:19:00.000-07:00Never heard it on Sesame Street. Our family sang i...Never heard it on Sesame Street. Our family sang it on long car trips. Nor have I heard The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, though it sounds like it would have been right down my alley when I was a kid. <BR/><BR/>Ever read Mark Twain's wonderful "The Story of Grandfather's Old Ram?" It's one of the funniest stories about a long pointless story ever written.themoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210342040578899281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154268679261519252006-07-30T07:11:00.000-07:002006-07-30T07:11:00.000-07:00BRAVO! I can't stop smiling right now.BTW, I coll...BRAVO! I can't stop smiling right now.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I collect buttons. I don't sew, I just...collect them.Lady Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926068286599905945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154220295543363012006-07-29T17:44:00.000-07:002006-07-29T17:44:00.000-07:00I know that Cecil the Cornflake joke! It was alwa...I know that Cecil the Cornflake joke! It was always a favorite of mine. Maybe I learned it from you througha third party; I can't remember.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154209200244719062006-07-29T14:40:00.000-07:002006-07-29T14:40:00.000-07:00Hey! I'm on the cover of the August issue of GQ. L...Hey! I'm on the cover of the August issue of <A HREF="http://bradthegorilla.blogspot.com/2006/07/gq-gorilla-quarterly.html" REL="nofollow">GQ</A>. Look at me, me, me.Brad the Gorillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291838893385970642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154209001608727112006-07-29T14:36:00.000-07:002006-07-29T14:36:00.000-07:00The Moy: I know this song, alas, from the Sesame S...<B>The Moy</B>: I know this song, alas, from the Sesame Street days. I'd rather get my teeth drilled than hear it again! I felt the same way about "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," though I'm slowly coming 'round.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154207750153555202006-07-29T14:15:00.000-07:002006-07-29T14:15:00.000-07:00Ever heard the song, "Fetch me some water?" It's k...Ever heard the song, "Fetch me some water?" It's kind of the evil twin of your story. It opens with:.<BR/><BR/>"Will you fetch me some water,<BR/>Dear Zekiel, dear Zekiel,<BR/>Will you fetch me some water,<BR/>DearZekiel my love?"<BR/><BR/>"In what shall I fetch it, <BR/>Dear Liza, dear Liza,<BR/>In what shall I fetch it, <BR/>Dear Liza my love?"<BR/><BR/>"In a bucket,<BR/>Dear Zekiel..."<BR/><BR/>But according to Zeke, the bucket has a hole in it, so it must be repaired, but the staw is to long to repair it, so he must fetch an axe to cut it, but the axe is too dull...<BR/><BR/>The water never does get fetched.themoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210342040578899281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154193167028863962006-07-29T10:12:00.000-07:002006-07-29T10:12:00.000-07:00Goddess: It's funny in itself what sorts of things...<B>Goddess</B>: It's funny in itself what sorts of things set us off. Did you ever see the episode of Babylon 5 with Penn and Teller playing intergalactic comics? The jokes in themselves weren't as funny as the various aliens' (i.e. non-humans') responses.<BR/><BR/>Let's make a short, short film about the silliest joke in the world. Now, to find out what that silliest joke is...Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154188937245019112006-07-29T09:02:00.000-07:002006-07-29T09:02:00.000-07:00I just saw The Aristocrats again a couple nights a...I just saw The Aristocrats again a couple nights ago. I agree; way too long and approaching tedious. The only two tellings that made me laugh out loud were Sarah Silverman's and the guy who tells it to a Guardian Angel, ending with the line "and here's the kicker: Grandma's dead!" That one gets me every time. I don't know why, and I'm too scared to investigate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154171358927583632006-07-29T04:09:00.000-07:002006-07-29T04:09:00.000-07:00YP: No, do tell! Have I ever told you the story of...YP: No, do tell! Have I ever told you the story of Cecil the Cornflake? I learned it in 5th grade.<BR/><BR/>Cecil was a cornflake who lived in the bottom of a cardboard box with other cornflakes. Cecil wanted to get out of the box, so he climbed and he climbed, and he climbed... but just then someone took the box off the grocery shelf, and Cecil fell to the bottom again.<BR/><BR/>Cecil's adventures go on and on, from the check-out in the grocery line to getting in the car, etc. Each time, he is almost at the top of the box when he gets shaken down into the bottom again.<BR/><BR/>At some point, the listener should ask (and may need to be cued), "When will this story ever end?"<BR/><BR/>The reply is, "It never ends... it's a serial (cereal)."<BR/><BR/>Drumroll, please! (Followed by the sounds of overripe tomatoes thrown in the general direction of the shaggy-dog tale teller.)<BR/><BR/>Really, I like the story of the mustachio squid better. I could actually tell it to you and you might laugh because you'd get it without explanation. (It's a bona fide British shaggy dog tale.)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154166531646852972006-07-29T02:48:00.000-07:002006-07-29T02:48:00.000-07:00I like pointless tales where listeners await a mea...I like pointless tales where listeners await a meaningful ending and find a drifting away instead - because the telling is itself often more important than the ending.<BR/>...Did I ever tell you the story of Alkeda the Dominatrix?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154109369688721312006-07-28T10:56:00.000-07:002006-07-28T10:56:00.000-07:00It's her bravado that endears her to me. She'll j...It's her bravado that endears her to me. She'll just say it, whatever it is. If it flops, fine. If the audience loves it, even better. She's very fearless.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693590401750798739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154106282106999162006-07-28T10:04:00.000-07:002006-07-28T10:04:00.000-07:00Nonny, Yeah I think that "The Aristocrats" would h...<B>Nonny</B>, Yeah I think that "The Aristocrats" would have been much better had it been an hour shorter... bringing it to a total of 29 minutes. I hope that Sarah Silverman really grows as a comedian. Right now, she says a lot of things that are just designed for shock value, but there are some real gems in there. I liked the bit where she talks about Martin Luther King, Jr. She says that everyone just talks about the good stuff, but they need to know about the bad stuff. The audience is thinking, "Uh-oh, here comes something really racist" and then she turns it on its head so that it's apparent that the whole thing (bashing MLK) is just utterly stupid and pointless. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but our society seems bent on people being utterly perfect or utterly corrupt. She's funniest (in a painful way, a la Chris Rock) when she's flaying our assumptions of what we think she's going to say.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154105841950134142006-07-28T09:57:00.000-07:002006-07-28T09:57:00.000-07:00Alkelda: I'm not really surprised. I know you ha...Alkelda: I'm not really surprised. I know you have a dark (ie: lightest gray) side. The Aristocrats wore on me pretty quickly, though I agree, Sarah Silverman is very talented. She says the things I wish I could.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693590401750798739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154102592972008682006-07-28T09:03:00.000-07:002006-07-28T09:03:00.000-07:00LSM I'm glad you like it. Please use it. Use it!No...<B>LSM</B> I'm glad you like it. Please use it. Use it!<BR/><BR/><B>Nonny</B>: I am the same way, though I'm better about participating when it's just adults... more out of support for the speaker/singer than out of an overwhelming need to clap (I'm more of a drummer). And yes, I did watch "The Aristocrats." Are you surprised?:) Some of the comics who were supposed to be soooo funny I didn't find funny at all (i.e. Gilbert Gottfried), but I liked Drew Carey. Also, Sarah Silverman is one of my guilty pleasures in tiny doses.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154101498091965912006-07-28T08:44:00.000-07:002006-07-28T08:44:00.000-07:00What a great story and song!What a great story and song!Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1154094281466107452006-07-28T06:44:00.000-07:002006-07-28T06:44:00.000-07:00I'll participate, I swear ;)I do find myself more ...I'll participate, I swear ;)<BR/><BR/>I do find myself more prone to participation when my children are around. I also will sing outloud if they ask me too, much to the chagrin of my spouse and anyone within hearing distance.<BR/><BR/>Did you watch "The Aristocrats"?Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693590401750798739noreply@blogger.com