Obama's 1.1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whine whine whine, OP. Tedious. And stupid.

How about this one?

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Sorry, I don't know any jokes about McKinley but so few even know he was President. Can't remember the 4th Pres.

This big black (color of bus not "racism") bus also helped the Canadian economy.

[takoma]

Anonymous wrote:How about this one?

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Sorry, I don't know any jokes about McKinley but so few even know he was President. Can't remember the 4th Pres.

This big black (color of bus not "racism") bus also helped the Canadian economy.

James Madison. Truly one of the most important contributors to the creation of our government. His wife Dolly was also the first celebrity FLOTUS. I am sure there were jokes about them at the time, but I don't know any. However, here is a contemporary joke about Madison (sort of):

Bin Laden's Afterlife Surprise

After getting nailed by a Daisy Cutter, Osama made his way to the pearly gates. There, he is greeted by George Washington.

"How dare you attack the nation I helped conceive!" yells Mr. Washington, slapping Osama in the face. Patrick Henry comes up from behind: "You wanted to end the Americans' liberty, so they gave you death!" Henry punches Osama on the nose. James Madison comes up next, and says, "This is why I allowed the Federal government to provide for the common defense!" He drops a large weight on Osama's knee.

Osama is subject to similar beatings from John Randolph of Roanoke, James Monroe and 65 other 18th-century American revolutionaries. As he writhes on the ground, Thomas Jefferson picks him up to hurl him back toward the gate where he is to be judged.

As Osama awaits his journey to his final very hot destination, he screams, "This is not what I was promised!"

An angel replies: "I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you. What did you think I said?"

(from http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokebinladenafterlife.htm)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your little "joke" is beyond tasteless and really not funny. I say that as someone who typically votes Republican.

The jake has been making the rounds since the Clintons. Bet you didn't think it was tastless then, did you. I voted for Clinton twice (and would do so again if there was a way he could run) and thought it was funny. I also thought it was funny when I heard it about Bush and Cheney and I still think it is funny about the Obamas. I will, no doubt, find it funny for the new president elected in 2012, which ever Republican it may be.

Nope, I didn't find it funny for the Clintons either. I don't enjoy that kind of "sick" humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
There is one thing to which no one will ever admit and that is that they have no sense of humor.

While deconstructing a joke is never going to make it funnier, it can explain why the joke is funny or not. Understanding that there are elements to good humor is not the same as lacking a sense of humor.

Take the following joke:

Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9!

It's funny because it plays of the dual meaning of 8/ate in an unexpected way (at least the first time you heard it, which was probably when you were 5 or so). The same elements can be not funny at all:

Why does the number six criticize the number seven for being overweight? Because the number seven killed and ate, or "8," if you will, the number nine.

In the same way, the original joke takes a kernel of humor (I can make X people happy by throwing Y out the window), and makes it not funny because it's not plausible.

[Anonymous]

I meant I couldn't remember Garfield, making the 4th of US Presidents to be assasinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
There is one thing to which no one will ever admit and that is that they have no sense of humor.

While deconstructing a joke is never going to make it funnier, it can explain why the joke is funny or not. Understanding that there are elements to good humor is not the same as lacking a sense of humor.

Take the following joke:

Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9!

It's funny because it plays of the dual meaning of 8/ate in an unexpected way (at least the first time you heard it, which was probably when you were 5 or so). The same elements can be not funny at all:

Why does the number six criticize the number seven for being overweight? Because the number seven killed and ate, or "8," if you will, the number nine.

In the same way, the original joke takes a kernel of humor (I can make X people happy by throwing Y out the window), and makes it not funny because it's not plausible.

Please write more as I have to take an Ambien every night and your pithy and loooong dissection of jokes may prove to be a non-chemical cure for my insomnia. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

takoma wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about this one?

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Sorry, I don't know any jokes about McKinley but so few even know he was President. Can't remember the 4th Pres.

This big black (color of bus not "racism") bus also helped the Canadian economy.

James Madison. Truly one of the most important contributors to the creation of our government. His wife Dolly was also the first celebrity FLOTUS. I am sure there were jokes about them at the time, but I don't know any. However, here is a contemporary joke about Madison (sort of):

Bin Laden's Afterlife Surprise

After getting nailed by a Daisy Cutter, Osama made his way to the pearly gates. There, he is greeted by George Washington.

"How dare you attack the nation I helped conceive!" yells Mr. Washington, slapping Osama in the face. Patrick Henry comes up from behind: "You wanted to end the Americans' liberty, so they gave you death!" Henry punches Osama on the nose. James Madison comes up next, and says, "This is why I allowed the Federal government to provide for the common defense!" He drops a large weight on Osama's knee.

Osama is subject to similar beatings from John Randolph of Roanoke, James Monroe and 65 other 18th-century American revolutionaries. As he writhes on the ground, Thomas Jefferson picks him up to hurl him back toward the gate where he is to be judged.

As Osama awaits his journey to his final very hot destination, he screams, "This is not what I was promised!"

An angel replies: "I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you. What did you think I said?"

(from http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokebinladenafterlife.htm)

I'm the original OP and I like your joke. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I find it more tolerable to joke about the death of someone who we are actually trying to kill. Have you forgotten that Obama does not fall into this category?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it more tolerable to joke about the death of someone who we are actually trying to kill. Have you forgotten that Obama does not fall into this category?

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